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... The Quarterly Review - Page 2161818Full view - About this book
| Marguerite Countess of Blessington - Italy - 1840 - 388 pages
...them, will experience the same, although incapable of expressing them as he has done.* * I stood at 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... | |
| 1868 - 414 pages
...criminals have often been led to a cruel and mysterious death. It is called the " Bridge of Sighs." " I stood in Venice on the Bridge of Sighs : A palace and a prison on each hand.' But of the grandeurs of the one, or the horrors of the other, I have not space to write. After seeing... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...Ï, 1818. I. I STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs; (1) Л palace and a prison on each hand : I fertility ; Thy wreck a glory, and thy ruin graced With an immaculate charm which ca : Л thousand years their cloudy wings expand Around me, and a dying glory smiles O'er the far times,... | |
| English literature - 1842 - 416 pages
...described with great inequality ; of which the 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 the wave her structures rise, As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand." Then mark... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...state ; and repeat once more how truly I am ever, Tour obliged And affectionate friend, BYRON. I. I + : I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand : A thousand... | |
| John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...unshorn: Resembling, 'mid the torture of the 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 the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand: A thousand... | |
| John Heneage Jesse - Politicians - 1844 - 414 pages
...delight and admiration!* But alas ! I have 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 the wave her structures rise, As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand : Venice... | |
| John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1845 - 492 pages
...unshorn: Resembling, 'mid the torture of the 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 the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand : A thousand... | |
| William Coombs Dana - Europe - 1845 - 408 pages
...— Historical Paintings. — The Rialto. — 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 the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand : A thousand... | |
| John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1846 - 310 pages
...unshorn: Resembling, 'mid the torture of the 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 the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand: A thousand... | |
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