“They tell me every day is there
Not more nor less than Sunday gay;
In shining robes and garments fair
The people walk upon their way.
One gazes there on castle walls
As grand as those of Babylon,
A bishop and two generals!
What joy to be in Carcassonne!
Ah! might I but see Carcassonne!”

—  Gustave Nadaud

Stanza 3.
Carcassonne, (c. 1887; with translation by John Reuben Thompson)

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