Are bartered to the careful Israelite,—

Or left to perish, stone by stone, worn down

In desolation, solemn skeletons,

Whose nakedness some tufts of pitying grass,

Or green boughs trembling o’er the tumbling wall,

Adorn but hide not.

And are these things true.

Miraculous Venice? Is the charm then past

Away from thee? Is all thy work fulfilled

Of power and beauty? Art thou gathered