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 - 1844 - 786 pages
...the Bridge of Sighi ; A palace and a prison on each hand : I «a«r from out the ware her structure! rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand :...years their cloudy wings expand Around me, and a dying glorj smiles O'er the far times, when many a subject land Look'd to the winged llon'i marble piles.... | |
| John Heneage Jesse - 1844 - 414 pages
...to most beauties. * 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 : Venice is an exquisite courtezan. Whilst you gaze upon those beauties which first present themselves,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1844 - 780 pages
...Bridge of Sight ; A palace and a prison on each hand : I taw from out the wave her structure! rile AJ from the stroke of the enchanter's wand: A thousand years their cloudy wing., expand Around mo, and a dying glory smiles O'er the far times, when many a subject land Look'd... | |
| William Coombs Dana - 1845 - 408 pages
...Moonlight View. " 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...sate in state, throned on her hundred isles !" THE glorious old Church of St. Mark, so intimately associated with every thought of Venice, was begun AD... | |
| Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...above. KEBLE. VENICE. I STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs1 ; A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from...winged lion's marble piles, Where Venice sate in state, thron'd on her hundred isles ! She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean, Rising with her tiara of proud... | |
| John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 492 pages
...unalterable mien. VENICE. 1 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, thron'd on her hundred Isles She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from Ocean, Rising with her... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 pages
...January 2, 1818. I. I STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ; ' A palace and a prison on each hand : r the long- reluctant brine.1 XII. But most the modern PicVs ignoble boast, To rive what Goth, and II. She looks a sea Cyhelc, fresh from ocean, * Rising with her tiara of proud towers At airy distance,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 1068 pages
...1818. I. I STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ; {1} A Bailee ami a prison on each hand : I iaw from out the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand : Л thousand years their cloudy wings expand Around me, and a dying glory smiles O'er the far times,... | |
| Timothy Shay Arthur - 1846 - 334 pages
...and as he steps into the barge which waits to convey him across the encircling waters, and sees » from out the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of an enchanter's wand, A thousand years their cloudy wings expand." And the glories of the past, and... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 pages
...affectionate friend, BYRON. I STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ; A palace and a prison on each hand : n yean their cloudy wings expand Around me, and a dying Glory smiles O'er the far times, when many a... | |
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