...affectionate friend, BYRON. Venict, January 2, 1818. I. I STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ; ' ing shrine, And bear these altars o'er the long- reluctant...modern PicVs ignoble boast, To rive what Goth, and throned on her hundred isles! II. She looks a sea Cyhelc, fresh from ocean, * Rising with her tiara...

...1818. I. I STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ; {1} A Bailee ami a prison on each hand : I iaw from out the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand : Л thousand years their cloudy wings expand Around me, and a dying glory smiles O'er the far times,...

...I am ever, Your obliged And affectionate friend, BYRON. I STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ; A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out...the stroke of the enchanter's wand : — ~A thousand yean their cloudy wings expand Around me, and a dying Glory smiles O'er the far times, when many a...

...Christian and a friend, as well as of a scholar. EHR vtn\tt . " I stood in Venice on the Bridge of Sighs, A palace and a prison on each hand ; I saw from out...winged lion's marble piles, Where Venice sate in state, thronged on her hundred isles." WHEN Attila, the self-styled " Scourge of God," flattered by his triumphs...

...scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien. VENICE. 1 STOOD in 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, thron'd on her hundred Isles She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from Ocean, Rising with her...

...canto of Childe Harold we have the well known lines — •' I stood in Venice on the bridge of sighs, A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out...structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand. In one of bis letters Lord Byron tells us of his fondness for the above novel. Again in Kirk White's...

...Harold we have the well known lines — " I stood in Venice on the bridge of sighs, A palace and u prison on each hand : I saw from out the wave her...rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand." In one of his letters Lord Byron tells us of his fondness for the above novel. Again in Kirke White's...

...BYRON. 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...winged Lion's marble piles, Where Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred isles. n. She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean, Rising with her tiara of...

...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...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"...