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...of Rome and its environs than any Enghshman since Gibbon. CANTO THE FOURTH. I STOOD in Venice, niI the Bridge of Sighs ; A palace and a prison on each...structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand •2 T. A thousand years their cloudy wings expand Around me, and a dying glory smiles O'er the far...

...been obnoxious to this proof, the reader is left to judge for himself. THE BRAVO. CHAPTER I. " I stood in Venice on the Bridge of Sighs, A palace and a prison...times, when many a subject land Look'd to the winged lions' marble piles, Where Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred isles." BYRON. THE sun had...

...Harold's Pilgrimage, his thoughts turned from the profligate present to the historic past: I stood in Venice, on the "Bridge of Sighs;" A Palace and...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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...more how truly I am ever Tour obliged and affectionate friend, BTBON. 220 Canto IV.] 221 I. I STOOD d with a transitory storm, More beautiful in that...elements— T is waning still t And can the san so rise, Look'd to the winged Lion's marble pues, Where Venice sate m state, throned on her hundred isles 1...

...most airy fabric, and pure invention is but the talent of a liar. Lord Byron 'A DYING GLORY' I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs; A palace and a...subject land Look'd to the winged Lion's marble piles, Where Venice sate in state, thron'd on her hundred isles! She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean....

...state; and repeat once more how truly I am ever, Your obliged And affectionate friend, BYRON. I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs; A palace and a...structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand: 5 A thousand years their cloudy wings expand Around me, and a dying Glory smiles O'er the far times,...

...Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs; / A palace and a prison on each hand." The original stanza continues: I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from...subject land Look'd to the winged Lion's marble piles, Where Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred isles! The grimmer reality of Venice is masked by...