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VENICE by HERMAN MELVILLE

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First Line: WITH PANTHEIST ENERGY OF WILL
Last Line: WHEN VENICE ROSE IN REEFS OF PALACES.
Subject(s): VENICE, ITALY;
With Pantheist energy of will
The little craftsman of the Coral Sea
Strenuous in the blue abyss,
Up-builds his marvellous gallery

And long arcade,
Erections freaked with many a fringe
Of marble garlandry,
Evincing what a worm can do.

Laborious in a shallower wave,
Advanced in kindred art,
A prouder agent proved Pan's might
When Venice rose in reefs of palaces.



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