 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: Childe Harold's pilgrimage - Page 87by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821Full view - About this book
 | Paul Rodgers - 1836 - 232 pages
...let me tell them it is well worthy of their attention" 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 an enchanter's wand ; A thousand years their cloudy wings expand Around me, and a dying glory smiles... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 pages
...affectionate friend, BYRON. Vanci, January 2, 1818. I. I STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sight; (I) A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out...Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred isles! П. She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean, (2) Rising with her tiara of proud towers At airy distance,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 356 pages
...177 CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE. CANTO THE FOURTH. I. 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, throned on her hundred isles I n. She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean, -• Rising with her tiara of proud towers At airy distance,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 352 pages
...BYRON. CHILDE HAROLD'S P1LGR1MAGE. CANTO THE FOURTH. I. I sTOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ; ' A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out...stroke of the enchanter's wand : A thousand years their eloudy wings expand Around me, and a dying Glory smiles O'er the far times, when many a suhject land... | |
 | R. T. Claridge - Balkan Peninsula - 1837 - 268 pages
...such furniture as they desire, at moderate charges. YEN ICE. " A thousand years their cloudy wing* expand Around me, and a dying glory smiles O'er the far times, when many a subject land Louk'rl to the winged lion's marble piles, Where Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred i»le».'... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 982 pages
...Sigh« ; ( 1 ) A pabce and a prison on each hand : 1 saw from out the wave her structures rise Ai Cram the stroke of the enchanter's wand : A thousand years their cloudy wings expand Aroand ro>*, and a dying glory smiles O'fr the far times, when many a subject laud Lool'd to the winged... | |
 | Walter Scott - Demonology - 1838 - 1198 pages
...the universe — " I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ; A palace and a prison on each nand : I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from...winged Lion's marble piles, Where Venice sate in state, thron'd on her hundred isles !" The former greatness of this queen of commerce is described and mingled... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1839 - 782 pages
...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...wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter1! wind : A thousand yean their cloudy wings expand Around me, and a dying glory smiles O'er... | |
 | Marguerite Countess of Blessington - Italy - 1840 - 388 pages
...although incapable of expressing them as he has done.* * I stood at Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ; A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out...Look'd to the winged lion's marble piles, Where Venice sat in state, throned on her hundred isles ! She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean, Rising with... | |
 | Marguerite Countess of Blessington - Italy - 1840 - 336 pages
...although incapable of expressing them as he has done : — I stood at Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ; A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out...subject land Look'd to the winged lion's marble piles, AVhere Venice sat in state, throned on her hundred isles I She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean,... | |
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