Takes from these limbs their weariness! What were

The breezes of the rugged Alps, to this,

So bland—so wooing? All, in loveliness

The same—the same! The Lagune, brightly clear,

Yet mirrors in its depths the marble domes

That rise above it—lordly towers—where shine

A thousand torches, like so many stars

Gleaming through clouds of silver. From afar,

The surge-like tone of multitudes, the hum

Of glad, familiar voices, and the wild