Gustave Nadaud quotes

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)
Thy pardon, Father, I beseech, In this my prayer if I offend; One something sees beyond his reach From childhood to his journey's end. My wife, our little boy Aignan, Have travelled even to Narbonne; My grandchild has seen Perpignan; And I - have not seen Carcassonne. View quote
Gustave Nadaud
Translated: I'm growing old, I'm sixty years; I've labored all my life in vain. In all that time of hopes and fears, I've failed my dearest wish to gain. I see full well that here below Bliss unalloyed there is for none My prayer would else fulfilment know - Never have I seen Carcassonne! View quote
Gustave Nadaud
Yet could I these two days have spent, While still the autumn sweetly shone, Ah, me! I might have died content When I had looked on Carcassonne. View quote
Gustave Nadaud
The vicar's right; he says that we Are ever wayward, weak and blind; He tells us in his homily Ambition ruins all mankind. View quote
Gustave Nadaud