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...the French entered Venic3, and her fall was complete. She was no longer an independent state. Still 1 A dying glory 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."...

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...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 the wave her structures rise As from...Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred isles. n. She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean, Rising with her tiara of proud towers At airy distance,...

...thus grandly : — " 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 enchanter's wand : A thousand years their cloudy «rings expand Around me, and a dying glory smiloi O'er the far times, when many a subject land Look'd...

...same name, is built on a cluster of small islands, and, at a distance, seems to float on the sea — " From out the wave her structures rise, As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand." Canals, crossed by numerous bridges, and intersecting every part of the city, form the " water streets"...

...BRAVO. CHAPTER I. " 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...times, when many a subject land Look'd to the winged lions' marble piles, Where Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred isles.1* BYRON. THE sun had...

...established for a belief in the moral progressiveness of the human race. CHAPTER II. NATIONAL DECAY. " A thousand years their cloudy wings expand Around...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...

...Namely, Venice. Says Byron — " I saw from out the -wave a structure riso As from the stroke of tbe enchanter's wand : A thousand years their cloudy wings...smiles O'er the far times, when many a subject land Looked to the wing'd lion's marble piles, Where Venice sat in state, throned on her hundred isles."...

...throne !" Venice.—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 enchanters wand : A thousand years their cloudy wings expand Around me, and a dying glory smiles O'er...