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    And oft wheii o ' ^ r -tU ^ /^^ mtfe'J ^ Nfui ?! ^ . "• r- ' iv »; - ' -s « y ^ His homeward bark tl ^ i r And views * , extending far * he ^ s ^ d ^ wy ? pil ^ ^ c Catch the faikt splendour of tb # i » O 0 »' % p A * ® -elites * Well might he deetti a Spirit ' s fairy . sp # ii Had scattered beauty where its m ^ gic jfoU ,

    And reared aloft , in gay fantastic show , The pomp of Ocean ' s palaces below . Awhile—so still the scene , each echo fled , — The city seems a mansion of the dead y Anon—the sudden dash , of distant o £ r , The hum of voices on the peopled shore , The glance of UgUtai from twinkling , casetneat& ihrawsr ? The mingled swell of Music ' s airy tone *

    ( Heard , where to beauty ' s noUanwilling ear Love tunes some soft guitar- —ar wild and dear—Responsive rowers , o ' er fehe waters wide * Chaunt Tasso ' s lays ^—their city ' s aacieat pride ) Burst on his ear and eye , as , oft of old The wizard Seer , ~ sa legends wild have told ! Raised sudden , o ' er Enchantment ' s drear domains Mysterious fisions and melodious strains *

    At night , beneath the Moon ' s deceitful ray , Time ' s footsteps pass like traceless clouds away , And ancieat arch , worn dome , and hoary shrine , Touched by her light in . freshened splendour shine 5 And as the wind symphanious cadence . Sings O ' er the swept discord of iEolian strings ,. Or roiling tides from Oeeaa ' s sandy shore Deep lines efface , £ ^ nd srnoothe the surface o ' er ,

    Beneath her beams , the scars that years have traced ^ With each grotesque variety of Taste , Blend in harmonious beauty— -but by day , The faults of art , the farrows , of decay , Glare on the sight ; and yetr— sweet Venice I yet Some scenes thou hast no heart can e ' er forget—Where o ' er the Great Canal , Rialto ' s sides Bend their broad arch , and clasp the busy tides , * Where rots the bridal Bucentaur—or where

    St . Mark ' s Piazza spreads its palaced Square , Whose mosque-like Fane , in StambouPs spoils arrayed , Mig"ht seem by Moslem hands , for Moslem worship made * Not there—not there , ' mid coldy-silent tombs , And cloistered aisles , cathedral grandeur glooms , No charms that awe the bosom into prayer ,

    Or raise the raptured soul , inhabit there ! But lavish wealth , and vain laborious show Their opulent magnificence bestow—Here the white marble freezes on the sight , There countless gems their rainbow rays unite , Vests , Paintings , Gold in ritfh confusion blaze , And forcing wonder , scarcely merit praise ,

    That praise reserved—till where the Portals rear Their maasive height , Lysippus' steeds appear 1 f In brazen life how well the Statues stoirt 1 How nice each touch of imitative Art I - —•

    -* The Arsenal . + The strange peregrinations of these celebrated Statues from Athens to Ro iii ^ thence to Byzajitiuiu , then-ce to Venice , uiid from thence to Paris and back aga > are well known .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1826, page 560, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2552/page/52/