There is no remnant, but some splintered morsel,

Which in his cabin, as a talisman

Mournfully hangs the pious gondolier;

The Adrian sea

Will never have a Doge to marry more,—

The meagre favours of a foreign lord

Can hardly lead some score of humble craft

With vilest merchandise into the port

That whilom held the wealth of half a world.

Thy palaces