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London, England, 1822-01-22 00:00:00

Till BRIDES OF MIMI%

A collection of Poems AN been juet published,
•oder the title of •r Italy." Report ascribes it to
the pen of Mr. SOUTHEY. The fullowiug is se
ouirsct :...

It was It. Diary's Eve*, sad all prier! forth
As M some peed eeleunaity. The fisher
Cease frees hie islet, brie
,ties o'er the waves
Hie wife •011 little sloe; the husbandman
Trois the Mee lead, along the Pe, the Beente,
Cramling the minsaion ferry. All arrived;
And la his arse the primmer tweed sad lieseeed,
Se pent she Mir is Venice. Old sad yams
Throated her three husked bridges ; the grave Taut
la his white turbos, sea the weenies Jew,
le his red hat sad direed-beers pberdiee
Homy* alum. For, an the eastern woe,
The aohlat sees and thigliters of the state,
They of lower of Venice,
Mesa amiss art Pils is the Beek of Gold,
Woman that day le sillessise !bar 'melds.
•
Al mean disks' mum* Owes* the woad,
Ilielog and ailing ea, neamineed jgedidise
Led never from the int was to be Meg '
Stash epleadour Sr rich beauty. Two =algid; -.••
(The reheat tapmery rarefied before three) • •
Firm game the Brides in ell their legalisms;
.11bieh he hee yell, sad by two bride. maids fetleied,
Only lees lovely, who bellied bee here • •
The peetioes makele that whbin rootabied
The dowry eked the mescals. On she awed,
Ike eyes east down, sad holding is her head
A.fen. Met pally waved, of ostrich feathers.
Her veil, trampareet as the gossamer y,
Fell from haematite starry diadem •
And ea kw dainties seek jewel ;hone,
Rubies, dimmed or dark amethyst ;
=4 yids moil a winding wreatbe,
brocade.
Before die chards,
That venerable pile wa the see-brink j,
Antrim, train they met, so surestgers to them,
Brothers to souse end to the rest still dearer;
FAA Is his head kering his cep and please.
Aed, as he walked, with modest dignity
Feidias his starlet mantle, his taberre.
They jean, they enter in, end, op the aisle
Led by the fe44-voiesql chle in height prattessies,
nen"' road she slier. In his restsneuts there
The Auseirela Meads; sad, while she i.ti,. Beim
Who earn leek ea aninoved—esothers ie seem
111rjeleitm he the beauty of their demean*,
ions In she thought of making them their. emu;
And they--arrayed le youth end leesiaters,
Their beauty helshtesed by their hopes mid fees.
At leash the rite is eliding. All fill dorm
le mare prayer, MI of ell ranks together;
Amt, steeteitingeet his beads, the holy moo
Faseeeds to give the peerel benedietioe ;
When hark, a die of voices from without,
Lei Areheasid poem sod outcries as in battle;
Amid Is, the deer le tweet, the curtain net,
And armed MIS* robber, from the deep,
Sewage, seemed, led on by Barberigo,
Aed his sly Mathes in their coats of steel,
Are assidles on the threshold. Statue-like,
Awhile they pee ea the fates mollified',
Bach with has gable up, in set to strike;
Then, eau wage ',covering from the spell,
Ranh farted at the altar, sad as Mon
An pee agaia—.esnid no club of arias
Besting awes she amides. mid die trememe.
Where see they wow l—plooehieg the dims's. grovalb.
Thelersils all set, sad they upon the deck
theedlet triumphs's& To the Bost they p,
Beeeriag he Istria; their accursed harks
(Well are they•lnsowe, the selliot sad the milky)
Freighted with all that gives to life its valve !
The richest argosies see poor to them!

Now might you me the oestrous romaiwg wiN
Alegi the beach; the mea half armed *ad swam
Oae with a sbkM, owe with a ammo, sad *erg
Owe with a sae hewtog the mooriotehaie
Of same old piallatt. Not a tuft, a plash,
let ow that day was drifting. Is as hoer
Half Tooke was 26ost. Nat bag Isethee,
?ramie with grief aid seoraiog all metro',
The Youths were goo* in a light brigantine,
Lyle( at Boehm war the dram& ;
Eft\ having wore, sod by the holy rood,
To slay or to be Maio.

And from the toner
The WII gives the signal. In the East
• ship is wen. and oakum rue the pert,
Be what she say —Aid awe she sere. the paint,
Over the waters like a sea-bird Illyiag!
Ha, 'tie she ease' 'tin theirs! Frau stem Set paw
Haag with greenhonghti, she eessee—elbe mew reatorlip
All that was lea.

Commis', with sorrow war*
Felelll—like a Opt is hit spri!fr

They had surprised the Conaii; when they lay
/Marie( the spoil in bleed seettrity
Ard casting lots—had slave theta, one and all,
All to the last, earl Bong them far and wide
into the tee, their proper 'lemma ;
Hirt first, as drat in reek, whose sense se Wog
• Had hotbed the babes of Vallee, nod vibe yet,
Breathier' • little, in his look retained
The Geneses/ of his soul.
Tints were the Brides
Lost and recovered; and whet mow remained
But to give 'basks Twelve breastplates nod tildes
mores,
Floosies with gems sad geld, the votive offerings
Of the mom vietore to their Pakersikint,
Vowed ion the lid of batik, were tee long
Laid at his feet ; sad to preserve bee ever
The memory of a day so full of elsaege,
11kom joy to grief, from grief to joy again,
Through nosey as age, as oft as it came round,
'Twat held religiously with all oblervatere.
The Doge resigned his ciente°, for pore ermine;
And through the city in a stately barge
Of gold, were borne with ersime and eektilliowies.
Twelve ladies young and noble. Clad they were
le bridal white with bridal ornaments,
Each is her ',Markt veil; and on the deck,
As on a burnished throne. they glided by;
No window or balcony hot adorned
With hangings of rich texture, net a roof
But Cowered with beholder., mod the air
Vocal with jay. Onward they went, the oars
Movime its .eoncert with the harmony,
Theo' the Mello to the Decal Palace'
And at a burro there, served with due honour,
Bate represent's& in the eyes of all,
Eyes not onwet, I were with grateful tears,
Their lovely secesturr, were,
Brides of Venice.

• ft see M. Netrie Nos.—This efreemetasee took place
et Woke ow the ht of Fet•euery, the 'woof the feast et Ike
Purification of the Virgin, A.D. 944, Pietro Crud;aiso.
Doge.

Hire nit, froluporeof ..-Asaag the
Debiti Article, io that admirable Male of wood-cos ascribed
to Titis• (A.D. 1590), there le owe retitled Spero reli-
ghts.. a Castillo. It was takes frogs est old painting
the Scuola di S. Diorama' Evangelista wed by the writer
believed to repreariat ere of the Reifies Item described.
That earforalde pile es the sea-brist—Sas Pietro di
Contrite, She Patriarchal Omni of Venice.
j Laid al Ali fed.—They were to be eels is the Tor
eery of St. Mack very lately. '