 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...  Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Lord Byron - Page 392by George Clinton - 1825 - 756 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Frederick Pardon - 1857 - 284 pages
...if he stood 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...times, when many a subject land Looked to the winged Leoni marble piles, Where Venice sat in state, throned on her hundred isles." And then again he cries,... | |
 | 1857 - 336 pages
...world of nature. He stood in the Adriatic City, and its ancient splendour rose to his vision : — "A thousand years their cloudy wings expand Around...Looked to the winged lion's marble piles, Where Venice sat in state, throned on her hundred isles !" He beheld the Eternal City, the " Childless and crownless,... | |
 | 1857 - 520 pages
...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...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, throned on her hundred isles !"... | |
 | Kenneth Meyer Setton - 1991 - 520 pages
...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...Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred isles. . . . In Venice Tasso's echoes are no more, And silent rows the songless Gondolier; Her palaces are... | |
 | 1875 - 398 pages
...Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs — A palace and a prison on each han_d ; I s aw, from out the waves, her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's...smiles O'er the far times, when many a subject land Look'd to the winged Lions' marble piles, Where Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred isles."... | |
 | George Gordon Byron - 1994 - 884 pages
...I STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ; A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out the eace and hope, And love and ravel, in an hour were...elements— T is waning still t And can the san so rise, Look'd to the winged Lion's marble pues, Where Venice sate m state, throned on her hundred isles 1... | |
 | Manfred Pfister - 1996 - 572 pages
...GLORY' 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...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!... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1996 - 868 pages
...each hand: I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand: 5 A thousand years their cloudy wings expand Around...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!... | |
 | Gerald Finley - 1999 - 280 pages
...of Sighs; / A palace and a prison on each hand." The original stanza continues: I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the...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!... | |
 | Janet Gleeson - 2001 - 300 pages
...stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs; A palace and a prison on each hand: I saw from out the waves her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's...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!... | |
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