 | Samuel Drew - Nature - 1834
...tiara of proud towers, At airy distance with majestic motion, A ruler of the waters and their powers. And such she was, — her daughters had their dowers...she robed, and of her feast Monarchs partook, and deemed their dignity increased. In Venice, Tasso's echoes are no more, And silent rows the songless... | |
 | Philosophy - 1836
...the mistress of the Adriatic and Mediterranean, but in a measure the arbitress of the whole world — "And such she was ; — her daughters had their dowers...Monarchs partook, and deem'd their dignity increased."* And when, in consequence of the discovery of the Cape of Good Hope, Alexandria ceased to be the main... | |
 | Baron George Gordon Byron Byron - 1836
...tiara of proud towers At airy distance, with majestic motion, A ruler of the waters and their powers : And such she was ; — her daughters had their dowers...Monarchs partook, and deem'd their dignity increased. 4M (1) See " Historical Notes " at the end of this Canto, No. I. (2) Sabellicus, describing the appearance... | |
 | R. T. Claridge - 1837
...tiara of proud towers At airy distance with majestic motion, A ruler of the waters and their powers : And such she was ; — her daughters had their dowers...Monarchs partook, and deem'd their dignity increased." The Venetians were the first people in Italy who had printed books. They originated a Gazette in the... | |
 | Baron George Gordon Byron Byron, George Gordon Byron Byron (baron)) - Literary Criticism - 1837 - 329 pages
...tiara of proud towers At airy distance, with majestic motion, A ruler of the waters and their powers : And such she was ; — her daughters had their dowers...Monarchs partook, and deem'd their dignity increased. 1 See Appendix, " Historical Notes, " No. I. 2 Sabellicus, describing the appearance of Venice, has... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837
...tiara of proud towers At airy distanee, with majestic motion, A ruler of the waters and their powers : And such she was ; — her daughters had their dowers...lap all gems in sparkling showers. In purple was she rohed, and of her feast Monarchs partook, and deem'd their dignity inereased. 1 See Appendix, " Historical... | |
 | Marguerite Blessington (Countess of) - History - 1840
...tiara of proud towers At airy distance, with majestic motion, A ruler of the waters and their powers : And such she was ; — her daughters had their dowers...Monarchs partook, and deem'd their dignity increased. In Venice Tasso's echoes are no more, And silent rows the songless gondolier ; Her palaces are crumbling... | |
 | Countess of Marguerite Blessington, Marguerite Blessington (Countess of) - History - 1840
...tiara of proud towers At airy distance, with majestic motion, A ruler of the waters and their powers : And such she was ; — her daughters had their dowers...showers. In purple was she robed, and of her feast Moriarchs partook, and deem'd their dignity increased. In Venice Tasso's echoes are no more, And silent... | |
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She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean, Rising with her tiara of proud towers At airy distance, with majestic motion, A ruler of the waters and their powers : And such she was ; — her daughters had their dowers From spoils of nations, and the exhaustless... 
