she does, so brittle a thing, on the brink of theAdriatic, spoiled by the modern world, and perhaps, ghost asshe is, even to-morrow to pass away from our world, she seem.sto remind us as a symbol may do—a symbol or a grave—ofthat old dream we once had in which East and West wereone, that old and… … ■*i^m^ S. MAKIA DELLA SALUTE, VKMCi: VENETIA AND VENICE 39 a vast precious stone sinking into the mud and ooze of herlagoons, Venice is to-day vanishing from our earth in the seadistance and her lapsing tides. Glorified by our dreams andher smouldering, tragic sunsets, she is gradually…
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