Men are we, and must grieve when even the Shade
Of that which once was great, is passed away.


On the Extinction of the Venetian Republic, l. 13 (1807)

William Wordsworth Quotes

Men are we, and must grieve when even the Shade Of that which once was great, is passed away.

Men are we, and must grieve when even the Shade Of that which once was great, is passed away.

Men are we, and must grieve when even the Shade Of that which once was great, is passed away.

Men are we, and must grieve when even the Shade Of that which once was great, is passed away.