...Where Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred ii. She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean, (2) Rising with her tiara of proud towers At airy distance,...Monarchs partook, and deem'd their dignity increased. 4M (1) See " Historical Notes " at the end of this Canto, No. I. (2) Sabellicus, describing the appearance...

...the mistress of the Adriatic and Mediterranean, but in a measure the arbitress of the whole world — "And such she was ; — her daughters had their dowers...Monarchs partook, and deem'd their dignity increased."* And when, in consequence of the discovery of the Cape of Good Hope, Alexandria ceased to be the main...

...Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred isles I n. She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean, -• Rising with her tiara of proud towers At airy distance,...Monarchs partook, and deem'd their dignity increased. 1 See Appendix, " Historical Notes, " No. I. 2 Sabellicus, describing the appearance of Venice, has...

...in order to embellish her own proud palaces withal — " She look'da sea Cybele, fresh from ocean, Rising with her tiara of proud towers At airy distance...Monarchs partook, and deem'd their dignity increased." The Venetians were the first people in Italy who had printed books. They originated a Gazette in the...

...Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred isles! П. She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean, (2) Rising with her tiara of proud towers At airy distance,...showers. In purple was she robed, and of her feast Monarch* partook, and deem'd their dignity increased. Ш. In Venice Tasso's echoes arc no more, (3)...

...She looks a sea Cyhele, fresh from ocean, 2 Rising with her tiara of proud towers At airy distanee, with majestic motion, A ruler of the waters and their...lap all gems in sparkling showers. In purple was she rohed, and of her feast Monarchs partook, and deem'd their dignity inereased. 1 See Appendix, " Historical...

...Where Venice sat in state, throned on her hundred isles ! She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean, Rising with her tiara of proud towers At airy distance,...Monarchs partook, and deem'd their dignity increased. In Venice Tasso's echoes are no more, And silent rows the songless gondolier ; Her palaces are crumbling...

...AVhere Venice sat in state, throned on her hundred isles I She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean, Rising with her tiara of proud towers At airy distance,...showers. In purple was she robed, and of her feast Moriarchs partook, and deem'd their dignity increased. In Venice Tasso's echoes are no more, And silent...

...Where Venice sat in state, thron'd on her hundred isles ! She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean, Rising with her tiara of proud towers At airy distance,...her lap all gems in sparkling showers. In purple was sherob'd, and of her feast Monarch: partook, and deem'd their dignity increas'd. Byron has created...

...towers, At airy distance, with majestic motion, A ruler of the waters and their powers : — VOL. XL. : And such she was ; her daughters had their dowers...Monarchs partook, and deem'd their dignity increased." To the right are several brick houses, with men, apparently at work, near them ; and in the foreground...