 I STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ;* A palace and a prison on each hand: I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand...  The Quarterly Review - Page 2161818Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 352 pages
...ever, Your ohliged And affectionate friend, BYRON. CHILDE HAROLD'S P1LGR1MAGE. 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 the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand : A thousand... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 982 pages
...BYRON. Талса, Залит? 2, I8IS. I. I STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sigh« ; ( 1 ) A pabce and a prison on each hand : 1 saw from out the wave her structures rise Ai Cram the stroke of the enchanter's wand : A thousand years their cloudy wings expand Aroand ro>*,... | |
 | 1838 - 1056 pages
...given a new life to its glories, 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 taw from out the wave her structures rite As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand : A thousand... | |
 | Walter Scott - Demonology - 1838 - 1198 pages
...immediate object of the present article. The poem opens in Venice, once the mart of the universe — " I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ; A palace and a prison on each nand : I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand : A thousand... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1839 - 782 pages
...lately given a new fife to its glories, 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 wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter1! wind : A thousand... | |
 | Fashion - 1866 - 856 pages
...counted its towers, its windows, its very bricks on the photographic canvas of Canaletti ? Who has not stood in Venice on the Bridge of Sighs, a palace and a prison on each hand, and peered in fancy into the golden chambers of the one, fit frames for the glowing glories of art... | |
 | William Fullerton Cumming - Egypt - 1839 - 838 pages
...Byron. Wrote my own near that of the illustrious Bard, whose words I may now quote with truth — " I stood in Venice on the Bridge of Sighs ; A palace and a prison on each side." The Palace of the Doge, with its associations, dungeons, &c. is by far tue most interesting... | |
 | John Gorham Palfrey - Bible - 1840 - 468 pages
...appearance of figure, does that show, that all must be taken as literal alike ? Lord Byron writes ; " I stood in Venice, on the bridge of sighs, A palace and a prison on each hand ; I saw from out her waves the structures rise, As at the stroke of an enchanter's wand; A thousand... | |
 | John Gorham Palfrey - Bible - 1840 - 468 pages
...appearance of figure, does that show, that all must be taken as literal alike ? Lord Byron writes ; " I stood in Venice, on the bridge of sighs, A palace and a prison on each hand ; I saw from out her waves the structures rise, As at the stroke of an enchanter's wand ; A thousand... | |
 | Marguerite Countess of Blessington - Italy - 1840 - 336 pages
...them, will experience the same, although incapable of expressing them as he has done : — I stood at Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ; A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand : A thousand... | |
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