...In purple was she robed, and of her feast Monarchs partook, and dcem'd their dignity increased. III. In Venice Tasso's echoes are no more, ' And silent rows the songless gondolier ; Her palaces arc crumbling to the shore. And music meets not always now the ear : Those days are gone — but Beauty...

...is this wisdom r .... or is it in truth good taste or healthy sentiment ? Byron indeed says — -' " but beauty still is here. States fall, arts fade — but Nature doth not die." This, if I may venture to say so, is not happy .... for if there be a spot upon God's lovely earth...

...showers. In pnrple was she robed, and of her feast Monarchs partook, and deem'd their dignity increased. In Venice Tasso's echoes are no more, And silent rows...here. States fall, arts fade — but Nature doth not di» Nor yet forget how Venice once was dea The pleasant place of all festivity, Th^ revel of the earth,...

...fluctus ; Atque triumphatae non uno vulnere victrix Jura dabat Genuae. • Memori о si pectore vivit 1 " In Venice Tasso's echoes are no more, " And silent rows the songless gondolier." Byron. 3 " Before St. Mark still glow his steeds of brass, " Their gilded collars glittering in the...

...showers. In purple was she robed, and of her feast Monarchs partook, and deem'd their dignity increased. In Venice Tasso's echoes are no more, And silent rows...not die: Nor yet forget how Venice once was dear, 18 The pleasant place of all festivity, :'" The rev e 1 of the earth, the masque of Italy ! — But...

...is the first stanza of our new canto ; and now for a line of the second : — " In Venice, Taseo's echoes are no more, And silent rows the songless gondolier. Her palaces, &c. ftc. " You know that formerly the gondoliers sung always, and Tasso's Gierusalemme was their ballad....

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...she robed, and of her feast Honarchs partook, and deem'd their dignity increased. In Venice Taiso's echoes are no more, And silent rows the songless gondolier;...the ear, Those days are gone — but Beauty still is her*. States fall, arts fade— but Nature doth not dip: Nor yet forget how Venice once was dear, 18...

...majestic combination of former splendour and actual decay, ' we feel that we are reading a history.' " ' In Venice, Tasso's echoes are no more, And silent...the songless gondolier; Her palaces are crumbling to thfc shore, And music meets not always nuw the ear: Those days are gone. But Beauty still U here. States...

...showers. In purple was she rob'd, and of her feast Monarchs partook, and deem'd their dignity increas'd. In Venice Tasso's echoes are no more, And silent rows...the songless gondolier ; Her palaces are crumbling on the shore, And music meets not always now the ear ; 1 The communication between the ducal palace...