| John Heneage Jesse - Politicians - 1844 - 414 pages
...had that further acquaintance so fatal to most beauties. * I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs, A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out...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 - 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.... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Authors, English - 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... | |
| John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1845 - 492 pages
...scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien. VENICE. 1 STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs; A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out...smiles O'er the far times, when many a subject land Look'd to the winged Lion's marble piles, Where Venice sat in state, thron'd on her hundred Isles She... | |
| Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...love, We lose ourselves in heaven above. KEBLE. VENICE. I STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs1 ; A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out...smiles O'er the far times, when many a subject land Look'd to the winged lion's marble piles, Where Venice sate in state, thron'd on her hundred isles... | |
| William Coombs Dana - Europe - 1845 - 408 pages
...— Churches. — Tomb of Canova. — Moonlight View. " I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ; A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out...smiles O'er the far times, when many a subject land Look'd to the winged Lion's marble piles, Where Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred isles... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 pages
...affectionate friend, BYRON. Venict, January 2, 1818. I. I STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ; ' A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out...smiles O'er the far times, when many a subject land Look'd to the winged Lion's marble piles, Where Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred isles!... | |
| 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 - American literature - 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
...I am ever, Your obliged And affectionate friend, BYRON. I STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ; A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out...the stroke of the enchanter's wand : — ~A thousand yean their cloudy wings expand Around me, and a dying Glory smiles O'er the far times, when many a... | |
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