White swan of cities slumbering in thy nest …
White phantom city, whose untrodden streets
Are rivers, and whose pavements are the shifting
Shadows of the palaces and strips of sky.


Venice, 1876

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

White swan of cities slumbering in thy nest … White phantom city, whose untrodden streets Are rivers, and whose pavements are the shifting Shadows...

White swan of cities slumbering in thy nest … White phantom city, whose untrodden streets Are rivers, and whose pavements are the shifting Shadows...

White swan of cities slumbering in thy nest … White phantom city, whose untrodden streets Are rivers, and whose pavements are the shifting Shadows...

White swan of cities slumbering in thy nest … White phantom city, whose untrodden streets Are rivers, and whose pavements are the shifting Shadows...