...and fall. Adria and its commerce have passed away, and the best days of Venice have likewise gone. " The pleasant place of all festivity, The revel of the earth, the masque of Italy," is beautiful still, but in decay. Her independence is lost, her commerce gone, her glory become historical,...

...dignity increased. " 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." — BYRON. Moral Progress and Decay in Individuals. IF the belief that the human race is moving onwards...

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...always now the ear: Those days are gone—bnt Beanty still is here. States fall, arts fade—bnt Natnre doth not die, Nor yet forget how Venice once was dear,...place of all festivity, The revel of the earth, the masqne of Italy! Bnt nnto ns she hath a spell beyond Her name in story, and her long array Of mighty...

...Harold, for he says — "In Yenice 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." True, that the loves and wars of Rinaldo and Armida, of Tancred and Clorinda, are heard no more, or...

...sea-girt city. 54 " In Venice Tasso'a echoes are no more, And songless rows the silent gondolier ; Her palaces are crumbling to the shore, And music...yet forget how Venice once was dear, The pleasant face of all festivity, The revel of the earth, the masque of Italy I" Foreigners, especially, are extremely...

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...dignity in'crcased. Ш. In Venice, Tasso's echoes are no more,* And silent rows the songlcss gondolier; Her palaces are crumbling to the shore, And music...ear : Those days are gone — but beauty still is hero — States fall, arts fade — but Nature doth not die : Nor yet forget how Venice once was dear,...

...putet inspicere." in. In Venice Tasso's echoes are no more-, 1 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...

...indescribably beautiful. Now " In Venice, Tasso'e echoes are no more, And silent rows the songlcss gondolier ; Her palaces are crumbling to the shore, And music meets not always now the car." ^ Within the city are several squares and market-places : of these, the Square of St. Mark is...