 I STOOD in Venice on the Bridge of Sighs, A palace and a prison on each hand ; I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand : A thousand years their cloudy wings expand Around me, and a dying Glory smiles O'er...  Angel in the Sun: Turner's Vision of History - Page 36by Gerald Finley - 1999 - 280 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 382 pages
...thus grandly : — " I stood in Venice on the Bridge of Sighs ; A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from...Look'd to the winged lion's marble piles, Where Venice sat in state, throned in her hundred isles." But, whatever emotions the first sight of such a scene... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 356 pages
...THE FOURTH. I. I STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ; (') A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from...subject land Look'd to the winged Lion's marble piles, [isles ! Where Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred ii. She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from... | |
 | Paul Rodgers - 1836 - 232 pages
...of their attention" I stood in Venice, on the bridge of sighs ; A palace and a prison on each hand ; I saw from out the wave her structures rise, As from the stroke of an enchanter's wand ; A thousand years their cloudy wings expand Around me, and a dying glory smiles... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 356 pages
...CANTO THE FOURTH. I. I STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ; ' A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from...Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred isles I n. She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean, -• Rising with her tiara of proud towers At airy distance,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 pages
...January 2, 1818. I. I STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sight; (I) A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from...Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred isles! П. She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean, (2) Rising with her tiara of proud towers At airy distance,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 352 pages
...CANTO THE FOURTH. I. I sTOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ; ' A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from...stroke of the enchanter's wand : A thousand years their eloudy wings expand Around me, and a dying Glory smiles O'er the far times, when many a suhject land... | |
 | R. T. Claridge - 1837 - 268 pages
...such furniture as they desire, at moderate charges. YEN ICE. " A thousand years their cloudy wing* expand Around me, and a dying glory smiles O'er the far times, when many a subject land Louk'rl to the winged lion's marble piles, Where Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred i»le».'... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 982 pages
...Sigh« ; ( 1 ) A pabce and a prison on each hand : 1 saw from out the wave her structures rise Ai Cram the stroke of the enchanter's wand : A thousand years their cloudy wings expand Aroand ro>*, and a dying glory smiles O'fr the far times, when many a subject laud Lool'd to the winged... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1839 - 782 pages
...thus grandly : — " I stood in Venice on the Bridge of Sighs ; A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter1! wind : A thousand yean their cloudy wings expand Around me, and a dying glory smiles O'er... | |
 | Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1840 - 388 pages
...as he has done.* * I stood at Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ; A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from...Look'd to the winged lion's marble piles, Where Venice sat in state, throned on her hundred isles ! She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean, Rising with... | |
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