 ON THE EXTINCTION OF 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 ;...  Littell's Living Age - Page 3681897Full view - About this book
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1874 - 96 pages
...sea. And what if she had seen those glories fade, Those titles vanish, and that strength decay, 1c Yet shall some tribute of regret be paid When her...shade Of that which once was great is passed away. MILTON. MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath need of thee ; she is a fen Of... | |
 | T. LINDSEY ASPLAND - 1874 - 492 pages
...and that strength decay ; Yet shall some tribute of regret be paid When her long life hath reach'd its final day : Men are we, and must grieve when even the shade Of that which once was great is pass'd away. On the Abolition of the Slave Trade. CLARKSON ! it was an obstinate hill to climb : How... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 pages
...so fair To fond imagination, Dost rival in the light of day Her delicate creation. Yarrow Visited. Men are we, and must grieve when even the Shade Of that which once was great is passed away. On the Extinction of the Venetian Republie. Thou hast left behind Powers that will work for thee ;... | |
 | 1915 - 826 pages
...superstition, incurably eaten into by fatal corruption, must sigh for the loss of what was once so fair. Men are we, and must grieve when even the Shade Of that which once was great is pass'd away. But it needed Mgr. Benson's genius to show them how great, and how lovely, and how worth... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 pages
...so fair To fond imagination, Dost rival in the light of day Her delicate creation. Yarrow Visited. Men are we, and must grieve when even the Shade Of that which once was great is passed away. On the Extinction of the Venetian Republic. Thou hast left behind Powers that will work for thee ;... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1875 - 728 pages
...; Yet shall some tribute of regret be paid When her long life hath reach'd its final day : Men arc we, and must grieve when even the Shade Of that which once was great is pass'd away.* 1 Alluding to the poet's first visit to France, which was in the Summer of 1790, when... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 276 pages
...: so thou art, Mighty spirit ; so skill be The city that did refage thee. Percy ByssJte Shelley. ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC. ONCE did...shade Of that which once was great is passed away. ROW GENTLY HERE. ROW gently here, my gondolier ; so softly wake the tide, That not an ear on earth... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1876 - 574 pages
...himself to know The destiny of man, and live in hope. VL ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC. ONOB did she hold the gorgeous East in fee ; And was the...shade Of that which once was great is passed away. vn. THE KINO OF SWEDEN. THB voice of song from distant lands shall call To that great king ; shall... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 280 pages
...unearthly: so thou art, Mighty spirit; so shall be The city that did refuge thee. Percy Bysshe Shelley. ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC. ONCE did...shade. Of that which once was great is passed away. BOW GENTLY HERE. ROW gently here, my gondolier; so softly wake the tide, That not an ear on earth may... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1877 - 478 pages
...the sense, in the Unth line ; or how the movement of the harge is imaged in the flow of the verso. Men are we, and must grieve when even the shade Of that which once was great is pass'd away. ON THE SUBJUGATION OF SWITZERLAND, 1802. Two Voices are there ; one is of the sea, One... | |
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