On The Extinction Of The Venetian Republic Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAACCADEDEDE| Once did She hold the gorgeous east in fee | A |
| And was the safeguard of the west the worth | B |
| Of Venice did not fall below her birth | B |
| Venice the eldest Child of Liberty | A |
| She was a maiden City bright and free | A |
| No guile seduced no force could violate | C |
| And when she took unto herself a Mate | C |
| She must espouse the everlasting Sea | A |
| And what if she had seen those glories fade | D |
| Those titles vanish and that strength decay | E |
| Yet shall some tribute of regret be paid | D |
| When her long life hath reached its final day | E |
| Men are we and must grieve when even the Shade | D |
| Of that which once was great is passed away | E |
William Wordsworth
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