 STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs; A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand : A thousand years their cloudy wings expand Around me. and a dying Glory smiles O'er...  The Idler in Italy - Page 124by Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1840Full view - About this book
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