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• 1 media/letter_thumbnail_generic.jpeg term 2016-12-16T22:51:49-08:00 Voltaire to Jeanne Antoinette Pompadour - 1750 August 20 9 See a translation of this letter. plain 2017-10-03T10:08:12-07:00 52.4284455,12.9573734 1750 August 20 Letter from Mr. de Voltaire to Ma. de Pompadour
  a few days after his arrival at Potsdam
   
  1                      In these sites little known long ago,
  2                      And which today have become beautiful places
  3                      Worthy of eternal remembrance,
  4                      To victory’s favorite
  5                      Your compliments have been delivered.
  6                      Your myrtles are in this sanctuary
  7                      With laurels combined.
  8                      I have the honor, on behalf of Achilles,
  9                      To express his gratitude to Venus.
  10        If he were to thank you himself, Madame,
  11        You would have much more appealing verses, because he writes them
  12        As easily as another king, and they win him battles.
  13                    Of two kings that one must worship
  14                    In war and in danger,
  15                    The first deserves to yearn                            
  16                    For your virtues and for your charms,
  17                    And the second to celebrate them.
   
   
  [In pencil] Potsdam, around 10 August 1750
   

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