 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 ;...  Swiss pictures, drawn by E. Whymper - Page 59by Samuel Manning - 1866Full view - About this book
 | 1808 - 532 pages
...was the fafeguard of the Wdf. : the worth Of Venice did not fall bel.>w her birth, Venice, the eWeft child of liberty. She was a maiden city, bright and free . No guile feduced, no force could violate . And when- (lie trok unto herfelf a mate She muft efpoufe the cverlalling... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 358 pages
...himself to know The destiny of Man, and live in hope. 5. ON THE EXTINCTION or THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC. Once did She hold the gorgeous East in fee ; And was...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;... | |
 | 1808 - 596 pages
...either in Mr. Wordsworth or any other English Sonnetteer. ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC. ' Once did she hold the gorgeous East in fee : And was...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... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...himself to know The destiny of Man, and live in hope. VI. ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC. ONCE did She hold the gorgeous East in fee ; And was...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... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...sound himself to know The destiny of Man, and live in hope. V. ON THE EXTINCTION VENETIAN REPUBLIC. ONCE did She hold the gorgeous East in fee ; And was...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... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1820 - 362 pages
...himself to know The destiny of Man, and live in hope. VI. ON THE EXTINcTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIc. ONcE did She hold the gorgeous East in fee ; And was...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... | |
 | 1823 - 428 pages
...to bid farewell to our great author The first is from the pen of Mr. Wordsworth, and is entitled, " Venice." " Once did she hold the gorgeous East in...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... | |
 | 1823 - 428 pages
...to bid farewell to our great author The first is from the pen of Mr. Wordsworth, and is entitled, " Venice." " Once did she hold the gorgeous East in...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... | |
 | Amédée Pichot - 1825 - 510 pages
...Sonnets on Liberty, and the Sonnets to Buonaparte. ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC. '• Once did she hold the gorgeous east in fee ; And was...Of Venice did not fall below her birth, Venice, the eldest child of hberty. She was a maiden city, bright and free; No guile seduced, no force could violate;... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1825 - 582 pages
...in the eastern seas ; and a vast and increasing com* inerce swelled her enormous wealth. She held ' the gorgeous east in fee, And was the safeguard of the west.' As the Greek empire crumbled into dust before the power of the sultans, Venice became the maritime... | |
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