 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 Sharp - 1886 - 402 pages
...fear For my dear Country, many heartfelt sighs, Among men who do not love her, linger here. CCLIX. ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC. ONCE did...Shade Of that which once was great, is passed away. 259 CCLX. TO TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE. TOUSSAINT, thou most unhappy man of men ! Whether the whistling... | |
 | William Sharp - 1886 - 424 pages
...those glories fade, Those titles vanish, and that strength decay ; Yet shall some tribute of regret bo paid When her long life hath reached its final day...Shade Of that which once was great, is passed away. COLV. TO TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTTJRE. TOTISSAINT, thou most unhappy man of men ! Whether the whistling rustic... | |
 | David M. Main - 1886 - 342 pages
...whence he blew Soul-animating strains — alas, too few ! ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC. did She hold the gorgeous East in fee, And was the...Shade Of that which once was great is passed away. TO TOUSSAINT VOUVERTURE. HpOUSSAINT, the most unhappy man of men ! •*• Whether the whistling Rustic... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1888 - 350 pages
...when we know it not. ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC. Composed August 18o2. Published 1807. ONCE did She hold the gorgeous east in fee ; And was...Shade Of that which once was great, is passed away. TO TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE. Composed August 1802. Published 1803. (**) TOUSSAINT, the most unhappy man... | |
 | Samuel Waddington - 1888 - 272 pages
...lowliest duties on herself did lay. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC. NCE did She hold the gorgeous East in fee ; . And was...Shade Of that which once was great is passed away. POE TV— He hath put his heart to school, Nor dares to move unpropped upon the staff Which Art hath... | |
 | Samuel Waddington - 1888 - 272 pages
...lowliest duties on herself did lay. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC. j]NCE did She hold the gorgeous East in fee ; And was the...Shade Of that which once was great is passed away. FOE TV— He hath put his heart to school, Nor dares to move unpropped upon the staff Which Art hath... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1889 - 284 pages
...the year, And worshipp'st at the temple's iuner shrine, God being with thee when we know it not. ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC. ONCE did...shade Of that which once was great is passed away. X TO TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE.— LONDON, I802. 89 TO TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE. TOUSSAINT, the most unhappy... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1889 - 268 pages
...heartfelt sighs, Among men who do not love her, linger here. 1802. III. ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAX REPUBLIC. ONCE did She hold the gorgeous East in fee...shade Of that which once was great, is passed away. 1802. IV. TO TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE. TOUSSAINT, the most unhappy man of men ! Whether the whistling... | |
 | D. S. Carne-Ross - 1985 - 220 pages
...valuable, both timely and timeless — the image of political tragedy held in the mirror of poetry. Men are we, and must grieve when even the Shade Of that which once was great, is passed away. It follows from what I have said that this book looks for the Pindar who matters or could matter now.... | |
 | Eva Feder Kittay - 1990 - 376 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. The first incongruity in the poem develops in lines a-4: 'the worth/ Of Venice did not... | |
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