All help to form a soothing lullaby,
Which soon transports me to the Land of Dreams!
I dream I am a Doge of mighty fame;
And I, in gorgeous raiment fitly clad,
Aboard the Bucentoro take mine ease,
And issue mandates none dare disobey!
All tourists are accounted criminal,
And sight-seeing a capital offence;
To the Piombi, bores I quickly send,
My foes unto the Pozzi I consign!