[Angelino97]

The French capital would be under siege - suggesting a war in Europe.

The section referring to this reads: “All around the great City / Will be soldiers lodged by fields and cities.”

This can as easily refer to the Franco-Prussian War.

[occamrzr06]

Or the influx of immigrants.

When I went to Paris in 2013, on the train from London, out tour guide told us the population around the train station was migrants. She said we probably shouldn’t go near there.