Chapter LXVI

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Proud Venice, by her Doge's solemn rite,
Was wedded to the wave o'er which she rose:
Thence came her lions' all-surpassing might--
A greatness that 'twas glory to oppose.
A peaceful pomp proclaimed her nuptial bands:
Our Country's bond of States, and hearts and hands,
Was signed and sealed before a world amazed,
While, for her nuptial torch, red Battle's bacon blaz'd!