...alludes in the fourth canto of " Childe Harold :"— " I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ; Л palace and a prison on each hand: I saw from out the...structures rise, As from the stroke of the enchanter's wnnd : A thousand years their cloudy wings expand Around me, and a dyin.,' glory smiles O'er the far...

...glories, and sung of that fair City of the Sea thus grandly : " I stood in Venice on the Bridge of Sighs ; A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out...winged lion's marble piles, Where Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred isles." But, whatever emotions the first sight of such a scene might, under...

...ye find at length, like eagles, some high nest ? i! I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs, — A palace and a prison on each hand ; I saw from out...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....

...turned from the profligate present to the historic past: I stood in Venice, on the "Bridge of Sighs;" A Palace and a prison on each hand: I saw from out...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....

...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...

...obliged and affectionate friend, BTBON. 220 Canto IV.] 221 I. I STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ; tiful in that variety t How hideous upon earth I where...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...

...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 prison on each hand; I saw from out...Venice sate in state, thron'd on her hundred isles! She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean. Rising with her tiara of proud towers At airy distance, with...

...I am ever, Your obliged And affectionate friend, BYRON. I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs; A palace and a prison on each hand: I saw from out...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,...

...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...winged Lion's marble piles, Where Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred isles! The grimmer reality of Venice is masked by its beautiful, blushing facades,...

...stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs; A palace and a prison on each hand: I saw from out the waves her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's...winged Lion's marble piles, Where Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred isles! Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, canto the fourth I AW ALWAYS RELISHED...