The classic and connoisseur in Italy and Sicily, with an appendix containing an abridged tr. of Lanzi's Storia pittorica, Volume 3 |
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Page 126 - Allora fu che il Sol mai sempre uniti Vedea un pastore ed una pastorella Starsi al prato, a la selva, al colle, al fonte; E la Suora di lui vedeali poi Uniti ancor nel talamo beato, di' ambo gli amici numi a piene mani Gareggiando spargean di gigli e rose.
Page 41 - A few in fear, Flying away from him whose boast it was That the grass grew not where his horse had trod, Gave birth to Venice. Like the waterfowl, They built their nests among the...
Page 16 - I look for streams immortalized in song, That lost in silence and oblivion lie (Dumb are their fountains and their channels dry), Yet run for ever by the Muse's skill, And in the smooth description murmur still.
Page 18 - A tow'ry crown her hoary temples bound, And her torn tresses rudely hung around : Her naked arms uplifted ere she spoke, Then groaning, thus the mournful silence broke.
Page 103 - Tanta m'entrava e si innocente ebbrezza. Oh ! chi mi leva in alto, e chi mi porta Tra quegli ameni, dilettosi, immensi Boscherecci teatri? Oh! chi mi posa Su que' verdi tappeti, entro que' foschi Solitarii ricoveri, nel grembo Di quelle valli ed a que
Page 53 - Were all kinds of buffoonery and dress ; (1) [An English abbreviation. Rialto is the name, not of the bridge, but of the island from which it is called ; and the Venetians say, il ponte di Rialto, as we say Westminster Bridge. In that island is the Exchange ; and I have often walked there as on classic ground. In the days of Antonio and Bassanio it was second to none. " I sotto portichi," says Sansovino, writing in 1580, " sono ogni giorni frequentati da i mercatanti Fiorentini, Genovesi, Milanesi,...
Page 45 - ... fro, Lead to her gates. The path lies o'er the Sea, Invisible; and from the land we went, As to a floating City — steering in, And gliding up her streets as in a dream, So smoothly, silently — by many a dome, Mosque-like, and many a stately portico, The statues ranged along an azure sky; By many a pile in more than Eastern pride, Of old the residence of merchant-kings ; The fronts of some, though Time had shattered them. Still glowing with the richest hues of art, As though the wealth within...
Page 67 - Most present when least thought of — nothing dropt In secret, when the heart was on the lips, Nothing in feverish sleep, but instantly Observed and judged — a Power, that if but named In casual converse, be it where it might, The speaker lowered at once his eyes, his voice, And pointed upward as to God in Heaven What tho' that Power was there, he who lived thus, Pursuing Pleasure, lived as if it were not.
Page 104 - Precipitanti d'alto acque tonanti, Dirupi di sublime orror dipinti, Campo e giardin, lusso erudito e agreste Semplicità Quinci ondeggiar la messe, Pender le capre da un' aerea balza, La valle mugolar, belare il colle. Quinci marmoreo sovra 1' onde un ponte Curvarsi, e un tempio biancheggiar tra il verde; Straniere piante frondeggiar, che d...
Page 104 - Mandò lampi colà l'acuto ferro, Che rase il prato ed agguagliollo ; ei rami Che tra lo sguardo, e le lontane scene Si ardivano frappor, dotto corresse. Prospetti vaghi, inaspettati incontri, Bei sentieri, antri freschi, opachi seggi, Lente acque e mute...