Venice

Timoleon

With Pantheist energy of willThe little craftsman of the Coral SeaStrenuous in the blue abyss,Up-builds his marvelous galleryAnd long arcade,Erections freaked with many a fringeOf marble garlandry,Evincing what a worm can do.

Laborious in a shallower wave,Advanced in kindred art,A prouder agent proved Pan’s mightWhen Venice rose in reefs of palaces.