 | England - 1822 - 932 pages
...English word fiarrassing would also do) my Lord Byron's Pegasus after the Italian fashion. Listen — " I stood in Venice, on the bridge of sighs, A palace and a prison on each hand." • • Sopra il Veneto, ponte de' aospiri, Infra un palagio e un aprigion m'arresto." 1 intended to... | |
 | England - 1818 - 762 pages
...the decaying splendour, unexpected desertedness, and ancient glories of this romantic city. 1. I Mood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ; A palace and a prison on each hand : I mw from out the wave her structures rise A* from the stroke of the enchanter's wand : A thousand... | |
 | 1818 - 598 pages
...immediate object of the present article. The poem opens in Venice, once the mart of the universe — I. ' I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ; A palace and a prison on each hand : 1 saw from out the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand : A thousand... | |
 | 1818 - 806 pages
...excited by the decaying splendour, unexpected desertedness, and ancient glories of this romantic city. 1. 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... | |
 | English literature - 1818 - 606 pages
...immediate object of the present article. The poem opens in Venice, once the mart of the universe — I. 4 1 stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ; A palace and a prison on each hand : 1 saw from out the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand : A thousand... | |
 | 1818 - 428 pages
...most striking extracts from iliis interesting poem. COMMEKCEBJENT nr THE Ptlx.'Rl M .vex. " I itood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs; A palace and a prison on each hand : I law from mil the wave her struct urea rise Aa from the stroke pf the enchanter'* wand: A thousand... | |
 | 1819 - 630 pages
...immediate object of the present article. The poem opens in Venice, once the mart of the universe — 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 the stroke of the enchanter's wand : A thousand... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...I am ever Your obliged And affectionate friend; BYRON. CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE. CANTO IV. I. J. STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs; * A palace and a prison on each hnnd: I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand: A thousand... | |
 | 1834 - 614 pages
...MAGAZINE. JUNE, 1834. TOPOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF VENICE. (With an Engraving.) I STOOD at Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs, A palace and a prison on each hand ; 1 saw from out the waves her structures rise, As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand, — A thousand... | |
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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... 
