 ONCE did she hold the gorgeous east in fee ; And was the safeguard of the west : the worth Of Venice did not fall below her birth, Venice, the eldest child of liberty. She was a maiden city, bright and free ; No guile seduced, no force could violate ;...  Specimens of English Sonnets - Stran 197avtor: Alexander Dyce - 1833 - 224 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | T. LINDSEY ASPLAND - 1874 - 492 strani
...— Venice, the eldest child of Liberty ! She was a maiden city, bright and free ; No guile seduced, no force could violate ; And when she took unto herself...final day : Men are we, and must grieve when even the shade Of that which once was great is pass'd away. On the Abolition of the Slave Trade. CLARKSON !... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1874 - 96 strani
...birth, Venice, the eldest child of Liberty. She was a maiden city bright and free ; 5 No guile seduced, no force could violate ; And when she took unto herself...fade, Those titles vanish, and that strength decay, 1c Yet shall some tribute of regret be paid When her long life hath reached its final day : Men are... | |
 | Catherine Mary Phillimore - 1874 - 156 strani
...birth, Venice, the eldest child of Liberty. She was a maiden City bright and free; No guile seduced, no force could violate ; And when she took unto herself a Mate, She must espouse the everlasting Sea." Wordsworth, " Poems of the Imagination," No. VI. N interval of six months elapsed between the assassination... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1875 - 728 strani
...birth, Venice, the eldest Child of Liberty. She was a maiden City, bright and free ; No guile seduced, no force could violate; And, when she took unto herself...When her long life hath reach'd its final day : Men arc we, and must grieve when even the Shade Of that which once was great is pass'd away.* 1 Alluding... | |
 | Newton Abbot College - 1875 - 354 strani
...birth, Venice the eldest child of liberty. She was a maiden city, bright and free : No guile seduced, no force could violate ; And when she took unto herself a mate, She must espouse the everlasting sea." Wordsworth. " She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean Rising with her tiara of proud towers." Byron.... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1876 - 564 strani
...birth, Venice, the eldest child of liberty. She was a maiden city, bright and free ; No guile seduced, no force could violate ; And when she took unto herself...tribute of regret be paid When her long life hath reached its final day : Men are we, and must grieve when even the shade Of that which once was great... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 276 strani
...birth, Venice, the eldest child of Liberty. She was a maiden city, bright and free ; No guile seduced, no force could violate; And when she took unto herself...tribute of regret be paid When her long life hath reached its final day: Men are we, and must grieve when even the shade Of that which once was great... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1876 - 560 strani
...and that strength decay, — Yet shall some tribute of regret be paid When her long life hath reached its final day : Men are we, and must grieve when even the shade Of that which once was great has passed away." W. Wordsworth. The Castello di S. Andrea was built... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1877 - 478 strani
...birth, Venice, the eldest child of Liberty. She was a maiden City, bright and free ; No guile seduced, no force could violate ; And, when she took unto herself...paid When her long life hath reach'd its final day : • Of course rhyme is here put for a song, or something written in rhyme. Rapture is an Instance... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 280 strani
...birth, Venice, the eldest child of Liberty. She was a maiden city, bright and free; No guile seduced, no force could violate; And when she took unto herself...tribute of regret be paid When her long life hath reached its final day: Men are we, and must grieve when even the shade. Of that which once was great... | |
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