In the greenest of our valleys
  By good angels tenanted,
Once a fair and stately palace—
  Radiant palace—reared its head.
In the monarch Thought’s dominion,
  It stood there;
Never seraph spread a pinion
  Over fabric half so fair.

...

In the greenest of our valleys
  By good angels tenanted,
Once a fair and stately palace—
  Radiant palace—reared its head.
In the monarch Thought’s dominion,
  It stood there;
Never seraph spread a pinion
  Over fabric half so fair.

...

Trottoir de l'Élysé'-Palace
Dans la nuit en velours
Où nos coeurs nous semblaient si lourds
Et notre chair si lasse ;

Dôme d'étoiles, noble toit,
Sur nos âmes brisées,
Taxautos des Champs-Élysées,
Soyez témoins ; et toi,

Sous-sol dont les...

From his slim Palace in the Dust

He relegates the Realm,

More loyal for the exody

That has befallen him.

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