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Poems Of William Wordsworth: On The Extinction of the Venetian Republic

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From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Wordsworth, William

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On The Extinction of the Venetian Republic

Once did She hold the gorgeous East in fee 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 espouse the everlasting Sea.

And what if she had seen those glories fade, Those titles vanish, and that strength decay, - Yet shall some tribute of regret be paid

When her long life hath reach'd its final day: Men are we, and must grieve when ...

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