Description of a View of the City of Florence, and the Surrounding Country, Now Exhibiting at the Panorama, Leicester SquareT. Brettell, 1832 - Всего страниц: 16 |
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Стр. 7 - FLORENCE. OF all the fairest cities of the earth, None are so fair as Florence. Tis a gem Of purest ray, a treasure for a casket ! And what a glorious lustre did it shed When it emerged from darkness ! Search within, Without, all is enchantment ! 'Tis the past Contending with the present; and in turn Each has the mastery.
Стр. 16 - When on the rack and call'd upon to answer, He might accuse the guiltless. That debt paid, But with a sigh, a tear for human frailty, We may return, and once more give a loose To the delighted spirit — worshipping, In her small temple of rich workmanship,* Venus herself, who, when she left the skies Came hither.
Стр. 13 - Nor then forget that Chamber of the Dead, Where the gigantic shapes of Night and Day, Turned into stone, rest everlastingly; • Yet still are breathing, and shed round at noon A two-fold influence — only to be felt — A light, a darkness, mingling each with each ; Both and yet neither. There, from age to age, Two Ghosts are sitting on their sepulchres. That is the Duke LORENZO. Mark him well. He meditates, his head upon his hand. What from beneath his helm-like bonnet scowls...
Стр. 16 - VIII., who, astonished to find that they were all Florentines, exclaimed, " Florence is the first city in the world, and the Florentines the refined fifth element, the quintessence of mankind...
Стр. 12 - It is much admired for its lightness and elegance, and for the flat elliptic form of its three arches ; the abutments of the piers...