 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; And, when she took unto herself a Mate, She must...  The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th] - Page 411808Full view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth - 1869 - 752 pages
...violate; And, when she took unto herself a Mate, She must espouse the everlasting Sea. 1 And what if she had seen those glories fade, Those titles vanish, and that strength decay; Vet thaD some tribute of regret be paid | When her long life hath reached its final day: Hen are we,... | |
 | Stephen Thompson - 1870 - 78 pages
...violate ; And, when she took unto herself a Mate, She must espouse the everlasting Sea. And what if she had seen those glories fade, Those titles vanish,...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,... | |
 | 1870 - 462 pages
...that strength decay,— 10 Yet shall some 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 has passed away. William Wordsworth. CCXIV COMPOSED BY THE SEA-SIDE, NEAR CALAIS, AUGUST, 1802. Fair... | |
 | Stopford Augustus Brooke - 1870 - 368 pages
...last glory of an ancient institution like that of the Jewish prophets, without a sense of sadness. Men are we, and must grieve when even the shade Of that which once was great hath passed away. But if there be some melancholy in the feeling with which we view the Baptist, there... | |
 | 1870 - 464 pages
...Sea. And what if she had seen those glories fade, Those titles vanish, and that strength decay, — 10 Yet shall some 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... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1870 - 390 pages
...violate; And, when she took unto herself a Mate, She must espouse the everlasting Sea. And what if she had seen those glories fade, Those titles vanish, and that strength decay; Tet shall some tribute of regret be paid "When her long life hath reached its final day: Men are we,... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1870 - 466 pages
...violate ; And when she took unto herself a mate, She must espouse the everlasting Sea. . And what if she had seen those glories fade, Those titles vanish, and that strength decay, — 10 Yet shall some tribute of regret be paid When her long life hath reached its final day : Men... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1871 - 630 pages
...violate ; And, when she took unto herself a Mate, She must espouse the everlasting Sea. And what if she had seen those glories fade. Those titles vanish,...tribute of regret be paid When her long life hath reached its final day : Men arc we, and must grieve when even the Shade Ofthat which once was great... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1871 - 622 pages
...violate ; And when she took unto herself a mate, She must espouse the everlasting sea. And what if she had seen those glories fade, Those titles vanish,...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... | |
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1871 - 642 pages
...violate ; And, when she took unto herself a Mute, She must espouse the everlasting Sea. And what if she had seen those glories fade, Those titles vanish, and that strength decay; Yet shall some trihute of regret he paid When her long life hath reached its final day : Men are we. and must grieve... | |
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