 On the Extinction of the Venetian Republic 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. No guile seduced, no force could violate; And,...  Poems by William Wordsworth - Page 102by William Wordsworth - 1907 - 327 lehteFull view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth - 1820 - 362 lehte
...to know The destiny of Man, and live in hope. VI. ON IHK EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC. ONCE did She hold the gorgeous East in fee ; And was the...below her birth, Venice, the eldest Child of Liberty. She was a Maiden City, bright and free ; No guile seduced, no force could violate; And, when She took... | |
 | George Procter - 1825 - 616 lehte
...pieces whose chastened beauty may redeem the sin of a thousand puerilities and affectations: " Once did she hold the gorgeous East in fee, And was the...below her birth, Venice, the eldest child of liberty. She was a maiden city, bright and free; No guile seduced, no force could violate: And when she took... | |
 | Amédée Pichot - 1825 - 510 lehte
...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 the...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; And when... | |
 | 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 lehte
...in the eastern seas ; and a vast and increasing com« nifive swelled her enormous wealth. She held the gorgeous east in fee, And was the safeguard of the west.' the Greek empire crumbled into dust before die power of the sultans, Venice became the maritime bulwark... | |
 | 1823 - 428 lehte
...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 fee; And was the...below her birth, Venice the eldest child of liberty. She was a maiden city, bright and free; No guile seduced, no force could violate ; And when she took... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 482 lehte
...sound himself to know The destiny of Man, and live in hope. a 6 VI. OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC. ONCE did She hold the gorgeous East in fee; And was the...below her birth, Venice, the eldest Child of Liberty. She was a Maiden City, bright and free ; No guile seduced, no force could violate; And, when She took... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1828 - 372 lehte
...himself to know The destiny of Man, and live in hope. ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC. Once did She hold the gorgeous East in fee; And was the...safeguard of the West : the worth Of Venice did not rail below her birth, Ycnice, the eldest Child of Liberty. She was a Maiden City, bright and free;... | |
 | 1830 - 400 lehte
...beauty and feeling of Mr. Wordsworth's " Sonnet on the Extinction of the Venetian Republic." " Once did she hold the gorgeous east in fee, And was the...her birth. Venice, the eldest child of liberty— She was a maiden city, bright and free: No guile seduced, no force could violate; And when she took... | |
 | Thomas Roscoe - 1830 - 594 lehte
...beauty and feeling of Mr. Wordsworth's " Sonnet on the Extinction of the Venetian Republic." " Once did she hold the gorgeous east in fee, And was the...her birth. Venice, the eldest child of liberty— She was a maiden city, bright and free: No guile seduced, no force could violate; And when she took... | |
 | 1830 - 400 lehte
...beauty and feeling of Mr. Wordsworth's “Sonnet on the Extinction of the Venetian Republic.” “Once did she hold the gorgeous east in fee, And was the...fall below her birth. Venice, the eldest child of libertyShe was a maiden city, bright and free: No guile seduced, no force could violate; And when she... | |
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