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
| Amelia B. Edwards - 1878 - 358 pages
...great good gift to feel not nor to see; But will not yet thine Angel bid thee wake? AC Sivinburnt. ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC. ONCE did...shade Of that which once was great is passed away. W. Wordsum-tk. FOR TITIAN. THEN in a room he stood wherein there was A marble bath, whose brimming... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1878 - 1112 pages
...worth Of Venice did not fall below her birth, Venice, the eldest Child of Liberty. She was a ihaiden City, bright and free ; No guile seduced, no force...Shade Of that which once was great is passed away. VII. THE KING OF SWEDEN. THE Voice of Song from distant lands shall call To that great King ; shall... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1879 - 362 pages
...When truth, when sense, when liberty were flown, What hardship had it been to wait an hour? III.— ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC. ONCE did...Shade Of that which once was great, is passed away. IV. — To TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE. TOUSSAINT, the most unhappy Man of Men ! Whether the whistling Rustic... | |
| Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1879 - 390 pages
...not yet thine Angel bid thee wake? AC Swinburne. ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC. 279 ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC. ONCE did...shade Of that which once was great is passed away. W. Wordiworih. 28O FOR TITIAN. FOR TITIAN. THEN in a room he stood wherein there was A marble bath,... | |
| William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1879 - 390 pages
...What hardship had it been to wait an hour ? Shame on you, feeble Heads, to slavery prone I IIL— ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC. ONCE did...Shade Of that which once was great, is passed away. IV.— TO TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE. TOUSSAINT, the most unhappy Man of Men ! Whether the whistling Rustic... | |
| Herbert Kynaston - 1879 - 238 pages
...prayers and souls, being thus merciful.' The rest literally : ' waxes huge of heart, d EXERCISE 17. Once did she hold the gorgeous East in fee, And was...shade Of that which once was great is passed away. Wordsworth. 1.2.' Queen of Asia the golden once she was and irpoorarqc of the places irpos 'TLoirepov,... | |
| Newburyport (Mass.). City Council - 1879 - 224 pages
...front and rear of the hall. In front of the balcony was this motto, in white letters on black cloth: "MEN ARE WE, AND MUST GRIEVE WHEN EVEN THE SHADE OF THAT WHICH ONCE WAS GREAT IS PASSED AWAY." On a background of black with a border of autumn leaves surmounted by a bouquet of the same, in white... | |
| Newburyport (Mass.). City Council - 1879 - 198 pages
...rear of the hall. In front of the balcony was this motto, in white letters on black cloth: "MEN AttE WE, AND MUST GRIEVE WHEN EVEN THE SHADE OF THAT WHICH ONCE WAS GREAT IS PASSED AWAY." On a background of black with a border of autumn leaves surmounted by a bouquet of the same, in white... | |
| David M. Main - 1880 - 506 pages
...REPl'nLIC. NCE did She hold the gorgeous east in fee, And was the safeguard of the west : the worth t ~8 Of Venice did not fall below her birth, Venice, the...Shade Of that which once was great is passed away. ccvi TO TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE. '"pOUSSAINT, the most unhappy man of men ! Whether the whistling Rustic... | |
| David M. Main - 1880 - 490 pages
...gorgeous east in fee, WILLIAM WORDSWORTH And was the safeguard of the west : the worth — . 1770 — 1850 Of Venice did not fall below her birth, Venice, the...Shade Of that which once was great is passed away. ccvi TO TOUSSAINT VOUVERTURE. "pOUSSAINT, the most unhappy man of men ! *• Whether the whistling... | |
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