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A VENETIAN SUNSET: BEFORE A CHANGE (RETURNING FROM TORCELLO) by WILLIAM SHARP

First Line: IN VIOLET HUES EACH DOME AND SPIRE
Last Line: FAN-LIKE, FROM VENICE TO THE SKIES.
Subject(s): EVENING; SEA; VENICE, ITALY; SUNSET; TWILIGHT; OCEAN;

In violet hues each dome and spire
Stands outlined against flawless rose;
O'er this a carmine ocean flows
Streak'd with pure gold and amber fire;
And through the sea of sundown mist
Float isles of melted amethyst:

Storm-portents, saffron streamers rise;
Fan-like, from Venice to the skies.



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