2 DECEMBER 1949, Page 7

Monument to Colleoni : Venice

A city paved with lozenges of light, Whose watery elongations to the sight, Trembling beneath a bridge, such shadows cast That the walls waver, and no form holds fast.

Men's wavering bodies wavering boats propel, And liquid palaces in waters dwell, The churches float, the towers undulate, Nothing that is retains its formal state.

Only Colleoni, reining in with force The impetuous glory of his triumphing horse, Only Colleoni, steadfast, hard, on -high Turns from that watery world to ride the sky.

ANNE TRENEER.