THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC. ONCE did she hold the gorgeous East in fee, And was the safeguard of the "West : the worth Of Venice did not fall below her birth, Venice, the eldest Child of Liberty. She was a maiden City, bright and free ; No guile seduced, no... The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth - Página 67por William Wordsworth - 1854Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| William Wordsworth - 1807 - 358 páginas
...Consul, or King, can sound himself to know The destiny of Man, and live in hope. 5. ON THE EXTINCTION or THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC. Once did She hold the gorgeous...and free; No guile seduced, no force could violate; f, . And when She took unto herself a Mate '• s. «'.She must espouse the everlasting Sea. And what... | |
| Amédée Pichot - 1825 - 510 páginas
...the following from among the Sonnets on Liberty, and the Sonnets to Buonaparte. ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC. '• Once did she hold the...fall below her birth, Venice, the eldest child of hberty. She was a maiden city, bright and free; No guile seduced, no force could violate; And when... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1825 - 582 páginas
...in the eastern seas ; and a vast and increasing com* merce swelled her enormous wealth. She held ' the gorgeous east in fee, And was the safeguard of the west.' As the Greek empire crumbled into dust before the power of the sultans, Venice became the maritime... | |
| Society of Antiquaries of London - 1827 - 692 páginas
...munificent patroness of the arts, and the central point of communication for all the civilised world. " Once did she hold the gorgeous East in fee ; And was...of liberty. She was a maiden city, bright and free ; times in the morning. The same thing takes place for two or three hours every Friday throughout the... | |
| 1830 - 400 páginas
...Venice without acknowledging the beauty and feeling of Mr. Wordsworth's “Sonnet on the Extinction of the Venetian Republic.” “Once did she hold the...fall below her birth. Venice, the eldest child of libertyShe was a maiden city, bright and free: No guile seduced, no force could violate; And when she... | |
| Charles MacFarlane - 1832 - 538 páginas
...Apulia, Calabria, and hereafter of Sicily, by the grace of God and Saint Peter." . THE BRIDES OF VENICE. Once did she hold the gorgeous East in fee, And was...West : the worth Of Venice did not fall below her hirth, — Venice, the eldest child of Liberty ! She was a maiden city, bright and free ; No guile... | |
| Alexander Dyce - 1833 - 240 páginas
...stalk True Power doth grow on ; and her rights are these. 196 WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC. ONCE did She hold the gorgeous...She was a Maiden City, bright and free ; No guile seduc'd, no force could violate ; Aud, when She took unto herself a Mate, She must espouse the everlasting... | |
| 1835 - 932 páginas
...other poems, as Milton's sonnets are superior to his. We give the following " On the Extinction of the Venetian Republic :" — " Once did she hold the...Venice, the eldest child of Liberty. She was a maiden cily, bright ana free ; No guile seduced, no forre could violate; And when she look unto herself a... | |
| George William D. Evans - 1835 - 622 páginas
...her possessions in the eastern seas; and a vast and increasing commerce swelled her enormous wealth. She hold the gorgeous East in fee, And was the safeguard of the West. VOL. III. K As the Greek empire crumbled into dust before the power of the sultans, Venice became the... | |
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