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Whilst in your ton |«^ fes « ? # l li ^ tieii ^ ye * Wit /* ' T r Relics of Oiltece !\ IM «* Byzantium ' s sjrtetwtetir , a **^ BjflW tf tltartflSsr fall , The pomp ^ f Ye ** foe > tit ! < viet 6 i ? i 6 ti 8 Claui Triumphant vi ^ ed sfo ^ v ^ efcifo g froni afar *" The spoils of iBiirope load her © on&il ' sdar , At once in you We trafcfc—and stamped in you , Lives the red fame of deathless Waterloo !
Do these not all repeal * then turn thine eye * To where erect yon naked standards rise ~ And rose of yore in bannered pride to show The lion ' s triumphs o * et his Grecian foe . B ^ tno ^ v- ^ -they seem like monuments to stand , Flagless and poiripiess o ' er a burifed land , Whilst , posted neat , ; the sword of Austria ' s sway And Austrian cannon mark the guarded way 1
Sighing- —methtoks I pass where spreads the quay Its noon-frequented walk , and fronts the sea—Behind me glooms the Bridge of Sighs—^ before Winds the far be&tity of th ^ bay * * blue shored-And heaves the light of Oeea $ r * s teare breast Expanding wida , with scattered islets drest . Whence reared Palladio ^ holy fabrics throw tM
Their long dim « hadot ^ s below . Whilst distant sails amuse t& 6 wandering eye , - And many a dusky gondola steals by , And many ' a gorgeous ga ^ b ^ an d fereign mien , Amid thetumult on the share is «© en ^ -
The turbaned Turfe , tfae rieWy ^ estad Greek , The wild Albanian Mttihfe swarthy ehsek * ( As each pursues , with fande !* good repaid , The real toil of pfeaaiirfc or of trade ) , Thore mixed in motley groups , ftaeh passing day , The semblance of a Carnival display . *
But past those times , when Ind ' s and iBgyptY shores Here piled their jewelled wealth and spicy stores , And Commerce sate in Venice * ports to hall From distant seas the treasure-wafting sail : And past fchos £ times , when Pleasure ' chosen reign To Venice lured from far the glittering train !
O ! when the Sun withdrew his sinking light , And stars look'd out upon the lovely Night , The voice of Revel rose beneath the ray Of lamps that poured an artificial day O ' er spacious halls , where gaudy Vice arrayed
In gladdest guise the nightly Masquerade , And forms of Earth , like visions of a trance , Wound the light witcheries of the dizzy dance , And young hearts heaved to Music ' s tender strain , Ami hand 3 pressed bands that softly thrjlled again ! But vain the Miss that Pleasure could bestow
To vei ) the sad vicinity of woe ! * Herc , while the Palace eqhoed gay delight . There , the black Prison frowned upon the sight , Where Mercy si g hed her unregarded prayer , And Hope but bloomed to wither in Despair , O ' er many a Wretch condemned to pine away In dungeon deep his melancholy day . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ -rr-
1 - , T , ... -,.., 1 ,.,.-, , 1 ' ¦ ¦ i . ¦ - » r- — - ^ . < - + * - * -- * —» r—^— € . * The Doge ' s palace La connected with Oiq State [ uisou by the Bridge of Sigh ; .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1826, page 561, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2552/page/53/
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