 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 years their cloudy wings expand Around me, and a dying Glory smiles O'er...  The Works of Lord Byron: Complete in One Volume - Sida 38efter George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 776 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1859 - 914 sidor
...ever, Your obliged And affectionate friend, BYBON. I. I STOOD hi Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ; ' Л to him yc must Pay orisons for this suspension of disgust. < LXIX. The roar of [isles ! Where Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred П. She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1859 - 476 sidor
...I. " I stood In Venico on the Bridge of Sighs, A palace and a prison on each hand ; I saw from ont the wave her structures rise, As from the stroke of...smiles O'er the far times, when many a subject land Looked to the winged lions' marble piles, "Where Venice sat in state, throned on her hundred isles."... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1859 - 362 sidor
...of Rome and its environs than any Enghshman since Gibbon. CANTO THE FOURTH. I STOOD in Venice, niI the Bridge of Sighs ; A palace and a prison on each...structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand •2 T. A thousand years their cloudy wings expand Around me, and a dying glory smiles O'er the far... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1860 - 490 sidor
...been obnoxious to this proof, the reader is left to judge for himself. THE BRAVO. CHAPTER I. " I stood in Venice on the Bridge of Sighs, A palace and a prison...times, when many a subject land Look'd to the winged lions' marble piles, Where Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred isles." BYRON. THE sun had... | |
 | Kenneth Meyer Setton - 1991 - 520 sidor
...Harold's Pilgrimage, his thoughts turned from the profligate present to the historic past: I stood in Venice, on the "Bridge of Sighs;" A Palace and...smiles O'er the far times, when many a subject land Looked to the winged Lion's marble piles, Where Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred isles.... | |
 | 1875 - 398 sidor
...Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs — A palace and a prison on each han_d ; I s aw, from out the waves, her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's...times, when many a subject land Look'd to the winged Lions' marble piles, Where Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred isles." Whilst gently gliding... | |
 | George Gordon Byron - 1994 - 884 sidor
...more how truly I am ever Tour obliged and affectionate friend, BTBON. 220 Canto IV.] 221 I. I STOOD d with a transitory storm, More beautiful in that...elements— T is waning still t And can the san so rise, Look'd to the winged Lion's marble pues, Where Venice sate m state, throned on her hundred isles 1... | |
 | Manfred Pfister - 1996 - 578 sidor
...most airy fabric, and pure invention is but the talent of a liar. Lord Byron 'A DYING GLORY' I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs; A palace and a...subject land Look'd to the winged Lion's marble piles, Where Venice sate in state, thron'd on her hundred isles! She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean.... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1996 - 868 sidor
...state; and repeat once more how truly I am ever, Your obliged And affectionate friend, BYRON. I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs; A palace and a...structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand: 5 A thousand years their cloudy wings expand Around me, and a dying Glory smiles O'er the far times,... | |
 | Gerald Finley - 1999 - 280 sidor
...Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs; / A palace and a prison on each hand." The original stanza continues: I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from...subject land Look'd to the winged Lion's marble piles, Where Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred isles! The grimmer reality of Venice is masked by... | |
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