Sun-girt city, thou hast been Ocean's child, and then his queen; Now is come a darker… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Sun-girt city, thou hast been Ocean's child, and then his queen; Now is come a darker day, And thou soon must be his prey.
1819
★ 1.1On Venice.
Provenance
Current citation
Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "Lines Written among the Euganean Hills." Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Major Works, edited by Zachary Leader and Michael O'Neill. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 115.
Original citation
Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "Lines Written among the Euganean Hills." Rosalind and Helen, A Modern Eclogue; With Other Poems. London: Charles and James Ollier, 1819, I. 115.
