 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 - 1880 - 618 pages
...bright and free ; No guile seduced, no force could violate ; And, when she took unto herself a Male, She must espouse the everlasting Sea. And what if...Shade Of that which once was great is passed away. VIt. THE KING OF SWEDEN. THE Voice of song from distant lands shall call To that great Kmg ; shall... | |
 | 1880 - 594 pages
...accustomed to do when the company are inclined to prolong the dances unreasonably. ANALYSIS AND PARSING. " And what if she had seen those glories fade, Those...shade Of that which once was great is passed away." — Wordsworth. Kind. Subject. Predicate. Object. Extension Connectives. SENTENCE. of Predicate. (a)... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1889 - 308 pages
...heart The lowliest duties on itself did lay. LINES. ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC. jjNCE did she hold the gorgeous East in fee, And was the...shade Of that which once was great is passed away. SCORN NOT THE SONNET. j]CORN not the Sonnet ; critic, you have frowned, Mindless of its just honors... | |
 | David M. Main (ed) - 1881 - 496 pages
...sighs, Among men who do not love her, linger here. o ccv ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN EEPUULIC. NCE did She hold the gorgeous east in fee, ' ^"*" And...Shade Of that which once was great is passed away. h ccvt TO TOUSSAINT LOUVEETUEE. '"TOUSSAINT, the most unhappy man of men \ Whether the whistling Rustic... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1881 - 112 pages
...herself a mate She must espouse the everlasting sea. And what if she had seen those glories fade, 10 Those titles vanish, and that strength decay, Yet...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... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1881 - 732 pages
...espouse the everlasting Sea. And what if she had seen those glories fad?, Those titles vamsh, and th.it strength decay; Yet shall some tribute of regret be...Shade Of that which once was great is passed away. VII. THE KING OP SWEDEN. THE Voice of song from distant lands shall call To that great King ; shall... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 pages
...strength decay ; Yet shall some tribute of regret be paid When her long life hath reach'd its filial gleaming, And thy scarlet mantle streaming, And the canopy above Swaying as we slowly pass 41 away. Wn 1 1 \м WORDSWORTH. THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE. HALF a league, half a league,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1882 - 422 pages
...1836. Listen t 1342. 2 1830. ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC. Comp. August, 1802. Pub. 1807. ONCE did She hold the gorgeous east in fee ; And was...Shade Of that which once was great, is passed away. " Once did She hold the gorgeous east in fee." The special glory of Venice dates from the conquest... | |
 | Samuel Waddington - 1882 - 280 pages
...lowliest duties on herself did lay. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC. [JNCE did She hold the gorgeous East in fee ; And was the...Shade Of that which once was great is passed away. POET!— Us hath put his heart to school, Nor dares to move unpropped upon the staff Which Art hath... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1882 - 520 pages
...fee : And was the safeguard of the west : the worth Of Yenice did not fall below her birth, Yenice, the eldest Child of Liberty. She was a maiden City,...Shade Of that which once was great is passed away. VII. THE KING OF SWEDEE. THE Voice of song from distant lands shall call To that great King ; shall... | |
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