Come forth! for the Night is calling,
Sea, city, and sky are aglow!
JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS.
THE GONDOLA
Didst ever see a gondola? For fear
You should not, I’ll describe it you exactly:
’Tis a long cover’d boat that’s common here,
Carved at the prow, built lightly, but compactly,
Rowed by two rowers, each called ‘Gondolier,’
It glides along the water looking blackly,