 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1866
...tread of men, no footsteps to and fro, Lead to her gates : the path lies o'er the sea, Invincible; and from the land we went As to a floating city, — steering...stately portico, The statues ranged along an azure sky, — By many a pile in more than Eastern pride, Of old the residence of merchant-kings; The fronts of... | |
 | Readers - 1866 - 400 pages
...tread of men, no footsteps to and fro, Lead to her gates : the path lies o'er the sea, Invincible ; and from the land we went As to a floating city, — steering...stately portico, The statues ranged along an azure sky, — By many a pile in more than Eastern pride, Of old the residence of merchant-kings; The fronts of... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1866
...track of men, no footsteps to and fro, Lead to her gates. The path lies o'er the sea, Invincible ; and from the land we went As to a floating city; steering...gliding up her streets as in a dream, So smoothly, silently—by many a dome, Mosque-like, and many a stately portico, The statues ranged along an azure... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Venice (Italy) - 1869 - 376 pages
...tread of men, no footsteps to and fro, Lead to her gates. The path lies o'er the sea, Invincible ; and from the land we went, As to a floating city — steering...stately portico, The statues ranged along an azure sky, — By many a pile in more than Eastern pride, Of old the residence of merchant kings ; The fronts... | |
 | Mark Twain - American literature - 1869 - 651 pages
...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...stately portico, The statues ranged along an azure sky ; By many a pile, in more than Eastern pride, Of old the residence of merchant kings; The fronts of... | |
 | 1869
...track of men, no footsteps to and fro Lead to her gates. The path lies o'er the sea Invincible ; and from the land we went As to a floating city — steering in, And gliding up her streets as in a dream.' ' No natural land is visible, owing to the close clustering of the buildings.' There are streets, no... | |
 | W. H. DAVENPORT ADAMS - 1869
...floating city—steering in, And gliding up her streets, as in a dream, So smoothly—silently—by many a dome, Mosque-like, and many a stately portico, The statues ranged along an azure sky,— By many a pile in more than Eastern pride, Of old the residence of merchant kings ; The fronts of some,... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1869 - 453 pages
...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, So smoothly, silently—by many a dome, Mosque-like, and many a stately portico, The statues ranged along an azure... | |
 | Mark Twain - Culture and tourism - 1870 - 651 pages
...track of men, no footsteps to and fro, Lead to her gates I The path lies o'er the sea, Invisible : and from the land we went, As to a floating city — steering...stately portico, The statues ranged along an azure sky ; 222 NOTABLE PLACES. By many a pile, in more than Eastern pride, Of old the residence of merchant... | |
 | Stephen Thompson - 1870
...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...stately portico, The statues ranged along an azure sky ; By many a pile in more than Eastern pride, Of old the residence of merchant-kings ; The fronts of... | |
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THERE is a glorious City in the Sea. The Sea is in the broad, the narrow streets, Ebbing and flowing ; and the salt sea-weed 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,... 
