 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...  Lord Byron's Works ... - Page 120by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...am ever, Tour obliged And affectionate friend, BYRON. I. I STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ; orge Gordon N. Byron [isles ! Where Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred II. She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from... | |
 | 1842 - 416 pages
...first stanza may be cited as an average specimen : — " I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs — A palace and a prison on each hand ; I saw from out...rise, As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand." Then mark the maze of metaphor which follows. " A thousand years their cloudy wings expand Around me,... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien. VENICE. I STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs; A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out...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... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1844 - 318 pages
...scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien. VENICE. I STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs; A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out...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... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 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 - 780 pages
...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...Look'd to the winged lion's marble piles, Where Venice tat In state, throned to her hundred Ules." But, whatever emotions the first sight of such a scene... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | 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...Venice sate in state, thron'd on her hundred isles ! She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean, Rising with her tiara of proud towers At airy distance,... | |
 | William Coombs Dana - 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...winged Lion's marble piles, Where Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred isles !" THE glorious old Church of St. Mark, so intimately associated with... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 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...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... | |
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