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... noble poet . Its de- voted love to Tasso , and its having afforded a sanctuary to the great Dante , were sufficient in his eyes to make it hallowed ground . He gazed upon her lofty towers , her spires , her palaces , with those splendid ...
... noble poet . Its de- voted love to Tasso , and its having afforded a sanctuary to the great Dante , were sufficient in his eyes to make it hallowed ground . He gazed upon her lofty towers , her spires , her palaces , with those splendid ...
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... noble palaces which confer a pe- culiar air of splendour and magnificence on the city of the sea , there is scarcely one that has been less frequently described , and to which fewer associations attach , than the Balbi . Of ...
... noble palaces which confer a pe- culiar air of splendour and magnificence on the city of the sea , there is scarcely one that has been less frequently described , and to which fewer associations attach , than the Balbi . Of ...
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... noble , and Bianca was in love with his image . The stranger approached her , and commenced a dis- course to divert her melancholy , in which he displayed powers of conversation but seldom rivalled . Bianca's eyes were soon lightened ...
... noble , and Bianca was in love with his image . The stranger approached her , and commenced a dis- course to divert her melancholy , in which he displayed powers of conversation but seldom rivalled . Bianca's eyes were soon lightened ...
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... noble countenance . At the same moment that the exclamation of " Malvezzi " burst from the lips of the stranger , Malvezzi himself , starting back a few paces , uttered with astonishment the word " Adorno . " " Yes ! Adorno , " cried ...
... noble countenance . At the same moment that the exclamation of " Malvezzi " burst from the lips of the stranger , Malvezzi himself , starting back a few paces , uttered with astonishment the word " Adorno . " " Yes ! Adorno , " cried ...
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... noble titles , the resident of a palace , attended by an almost princely retinue from court to court , the honoured companion of monarchs , and the envy of their courtiers . What is still rarer , he main- tained the high reputation and ...
... noble titles , the resident of a palace , attended by an almost princely retinue from court to court , the honoured companion of monarchs , and the envy of their courtiers . What is still rarer , he main- tained the high reputation and ...
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admiration adorned amongst ancient Angelo antiquaries antiquity Apennine mountains appearance arches Aventine beautiful Bianca bridge building Cæsar Camillo Capitoline Hill Cardinal cascade castle celebrated century church of St cicisbeo colonnade columns crowns curious Dame doge doge of Venice edifice emperor Engraved erected fait feet formed formerly Forum friends Gallehault genius Giorgione Giovanni glory ground Hadrian hand heart hill holy honour hundred Italy lady Lord Byron magnificent Malatestas Malvezzi marble Marco Mark ment Messer Pietro monuments Narni noble ornaments painted palace Palatine Hill Paolo Petrarch Piazza picture poet pontiff pope portrait present prince prison qu'il Ranuzzi remains republic residence Rialto Rienzi Rimini Roman Rome ruins Sansovino says scene seen senate side situated splendid splendour spot statues stood stranger Temple of Peace Temple of Vesta Terni Teverone thou Tibur tion Titian Tivoli town traveller Venetian Venice villa walls whole
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Page 205 - All murder'd ; for within the hollow crown, That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp; Allowing him a breath, a little scene, To monarchize, be fear'd, and kill with looks, Infusing him with self and vain conceit, As if this flesh, which walls about our life, Were brass impregnable...
Page 180 - But at the distance of twenty-five years, I can neither forget nor express the strong emotions which agitated my mind as I first approached and entered the eternal city. After a sleepless night, I trod, with a lofty step, the ruins of the Forum ; each memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Caesar fell, was at once present to my eye ; and several days of intoxication were lost or enjoyed before I could descend to a cool and minute investigation.
Page 77 - In Venice Tasso's echoes are no more, And silent rows the songless gondolier ; Her palaces are crumbling to the shore, And music meets not always now the ear : Those days are gone — but beauty still is here. States fall, arts fade — but nature doth not die, Nor yet forget how Venice once was dear, The pleasant place of all festivity, The revel of the earth, the masque of Italy...
Page 102 - In that temple-porch (The brass is gone, the porphyry remains,) Did BARBAROSSA fling his mantle off, And, kneeling, on his neck receive the foot Of the proud Pontiff — thus at last consoled For flight, disguise, and many an aguish shake On his stone pillow.
Page 81 - Sweet hour of twilight! — in the solitude Of the pine forest, and the silent shore Which bounds Ravenna's immemorial wood, Rooted where once the Adrian wave flow'd o'er, To where the last Caesarean fortress stood, Evergreen forest!
Page 18 - The Suabian sued, and now the Austrian reigns—- An Emperor tramples where an Emperor knelt ; Kingdoms are shrunk to provinces, and chains Clank over sceptred cities ; nations melt From power's high pinnacle, when they have felt The sunshine for awhile, and downward go Like lauwine loosen'd from the mountain's belt ; Oh for one hour of blind old Dandolo ! Th' octogenarian chief, Byzantium's conquering foe.
Page 67 - There is a glorious city in the sea; The sea is in the broad, the narrow streets, Ebbing and flowing; and the salt seaweed Clings to the marble of her palaces. No track of men, no footsteps to and fro, Lead to her gates! The path lies o'er the sea, Invisible: and from the land we went, As to a floating city — steering in, And gliding up her streets, as in a dream...
Page 205 - Cover your heads and mock not flesh and blood With solemn reverence : throw away respect, Tradition, form and ceremonious duty, For you have but mistook me all this while : I live with bread like you, feel want, Taste grief, need friends : subjected thus, How can you say to me, I am a king ? Car.
Page 154 - Enter: its grandeur overwhelms thee not; And why? it is not lessen'd; but thy mind, Expanded by the genius of the spot, Has grown colossal, and can only find A fit abode wherein appear enshrined Thy hopes of immortality; and thou Shalt one day, if found worthy, so defined, See thy God face to face, as thou dost now His Holy of Holies, nor be blasted by his brow.
Page 16 - Before St. Mark still glow his steeds of brass, Their gilded collars glittering in the sun ; But is not Doria's menace come to pass ? Are they not bridled...