This perfect American

Has caused too many tears to flow.

Can I not console myself

And see Venus at her toilette?

[35] See the learned and remarkable work of M. Campardon: Madame de Pompadour et la cour de Louis XV., 1 vol., Plon.

[36] Curiosités historiques, par M. Le Roy, 1 vol., Plon.

[37] See rooms 56, 57, 58, 59 of M. Soulie’s Notice of the Museum of Versailles. No. 57 was the bedroom of the Marquise, No. 58 her study.

[38]

Sincere and tender Pompadour

(For I can give you in advance