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CHILDE HAROLD’S PILGRIMAGE, CANTO IV.
CHILDE HAROLD, CANTO IV.
Original Draft. [MS. M.]
[June 26—July 19. 1817.]
| Stanza | i. "I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs,"— |
| „ | iii.-xi. "In Venice Tasso's echoes are no more,"—"The spouseless Adriatic mourns her Lord,"— |
| „ | xv. "Statues of glass—all shivered—the long file,"— |
| „ | xviii.-xxvi. "I loved her from my boyhood—she to me,"—"The Commonwealth of Kings—the Men of Rome!"— |
| „ | xxx.-xxxix. "There is a tomb in Arqua;—reared in air,"—"Peace to Torquato's injured shade! 'twas his,"— |
| „ | xlii.-xlvi. "Italia! oh, Italia! thou who hast,"—"That page is now before me, and on mine,"— |
| „ | xlviii.-l. "But Arno wins us to the fair white walls,"—"We gaze and turn away, and know not where,"— |
| „ | liii. "I leave to learnéd fingers, and wise hands,"— |
| „ | lxi.-lxxix. "There be more things to greet the heart and eyes,"—"The Niobe of nations! there she stands,"— |
| „ | lxxxiii. "Oh, thou, whose chariot rolled on Fortune's wheel,"— |
| „ | lxxxiv. "The dictatorial wreath—couldst thou divine,"— |
| „ | lxxxvii.-xcii. "And thou, dread Statue! yet existent in,"—"And would be all or nothing—nor could wait,"— |
| „ | xcix.-cviii. "There is a stern round tower of other days,"—"There is the moral of all human tales,"— |
