 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, 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,...  Poems [the poetical works of S.Rogers]. - Page 53by Samuel Rogers - 1845Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Children's poetry - 1854 - 264 pages
...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 ; Of old the residence of merchant-kings ; The fronts of some, though time had shattered them, Still... | |
 | Charles Williams - Alps - 1854 - 662 pages
...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 in axure sky, — By many a pile in more than Eastern splendour, Of old the residence of merchant kings."... | |
 | 1854 - 738 pages
...their dignity increased.*', g Even now, amidst the bustle of the modern city, one often passes " Лу many a pile, in more than Eastern pride, Of old the residence! of merchant kings." In the middle ages, her public institutions, more especially her exchange, docks,... | |
 | 187? - 296 pages
...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,...azure sky, — By many a pile in more than eastern splendour, Of old the residence of merchant kings." ROC EBS. VENICE, once the capital of a small but... | |
 | Edward Young - 1856 - 536 pages
...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,...an azure sky ; By many a pile in more than Eastern splendour, Of old the residence of merchant kings." 777. Ravished from the deep : Holland may be taken... | |
 | Dublin city, univ - 1857 - 692 pages
...floating city — steering in, And gliding Tip 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 manv a pile in more than Eastern pride, Of old the residence of merchant-kings ; The fronts of some,... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - Italy - 1858 - 466 pages
...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 ; Ну many a pile, in more than eastern pride, Of old the residence of merchant-kings ; The fronts... | |
 | Merchant - Europe - 1859 - 368 pages
...••••**• 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,...in more than Eastern pride Of old, the residence of merchant kings ; The fronts of some, tho' Time had shattered them, Still glowing with the richest hues... | |
 | Joseph Cross - Europe - 1859 - 536 pages
...streets, Ebbing and flowing ; and the salt sea-weed . Clings to the marble of the palaces. ****** With many a pile in more than eastern pride, Of old the residence of merchant kings; The walls of some, though time has shattered them, Still glowing with the richest hues... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1860 - 480 pages
...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,...shattered them Still glowing with the richest hues of art,52 As though the wealth within them had run o'er. 25* Thither I come, and in a wondrous ark (That,... | |
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