 ONCE 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. She was a maiden city, bright and free ; No guile seduced, no force could violate ;...  Specimens of English Sonnets - Strana 1971833 - 224 str.Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1882 - 642 str.
...hirth, Venice, the eldest Child of Liherty. She was a maiden City, hright and free ; No guile seduced, no force could violate ; And, when she took unto herself...And "what if she had seen those glories fade, Those utles vanish, and that strength decay ; Yet shall some trihute of regret he paid When her long life... | |
 | Sir Hall Caine - 1882 - 378 str.
...— 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 unto herself...must espouse the everlasting Sea. And what if she has seen these glories fade, Those titles vanish, and that strength decay ; Yet shall some tribute... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1882 - 422 str.
...primitive and perpetual independence." — Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, chap. Ix. " And, when she took unto herself a mate, She must espouse the everlasting Sea." In 1177, Pope Alexander III. appealed to the Venetian Republic for protection against the German Emperor.... | |
 | 1883 - 538 str.
...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 unto herself...tribute of regret be paid When her long life hath reached its final day: Men are we, and must grieve when even the shade Of that which once was great... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1884 - 344 str.
...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 unto herself...tribute of regret be paid When her long life hath reached its final day : Men are we, and must grieve when even the shade Of that which once was great... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1884 - 202 str.
...eldest child of liberty. She was a maiden city, bright and free ; No guile seduced, no force cxild violate ; And when she took unto herself a mate, She...fade, Those titles vanish, and that strength decay, — Vet shall some tribute of regret be paid When her long life hath reached its final day : Men are... | |
 | Edward Muir - 1981 - 378 str.
...worth Of 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 unto herself a Mate, She must espouse the everlasting Sea.41 Wordsworth, unfortunately, had his genders switched; for essential to understanding the marriage... | |
 | Hugh Hood - 1990 - 268 str.
...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 unto herself a mate, She must espouse the everlasting sea. Wordsworth may have taken an excessively liberal view of a city whose intrigues and power struggles... | |
 | Eva Feder Kittay - 1990 - 376 str.
...was a maiden city, bright and free; No guile seduced, no force could violate; And when she took onto herself a mate, She must espouse the everlasting Sea. And what if she had seen thuse glories fade. Thuse titles vanish, and that strength decay, — Yet shall some tribute of regret... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 str.
...Republic 90 Once did She hold the gorgeous East in fee; And was the safeguard of the West: (1. 1—2) 91 aring But never them believe. (1. 7—8) 92 Men are we, and must grieve when even the Shade Of that which once was great, is passed... | |
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