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Bridge of Sighs (Venice spanning the Rio della)

a bridge in Venice, spanning the Rio della Paglia and connecting the ducal palace with the prisons. It dates back to 1597 and forms a graceful arch 32 feet above the water, inclosed at the sides and arched overhead. It contains two passages, through which prisoners were led for trial, judgment or punishment. came a physician, retiring from the active practice of his profession in 1882. He wrote many poems of considerable poetic merit, though he cannot be classed among the masters of English verse. He was made poet-laureate, succeeding Alfred Austin in that post in 1913. Among his best poems are "Eros and Psyche" and "Achilles in Scyros."

A complete edition of his works was published in 1913.