 Italia! oh Italia! thou who hast The fatal gift of beauty, which became A funeral dower of present woes and past, On thy sweet brow is sorrow plough'd by shame, And annals graved in characters of flame. Oh, God! that thou wert in thy nakedness Less lovely...  Dictionary of Quotations (Italian) - Page 92by Thomas Benfield Harbottle, Philip Hugh Dalbiac - 1909 - 269 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 pages
...mould'ring tops between With venerable grandeur marks the scene. GoldsmitVt Trot' Italia! O Italia ! thon who hast The fatal gift of beauty, which became A...present woes and past, On thy sweet brow is sorrow plough'd by shame, ITALY — contianeil. Fair Italy ! Thou art the garden of the world, the home Of... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1867 - 460 pages
...lightning sanctifies below Whate'er it strikes ; — yon head is doubly sacred now. XLII. Italia ! oh, Italia ! thou who hast The fatal gift of beauty, which became A funeral dower of present woes and past, ti thy sweet brow is sorrow plough'd by shame, And annals graved in characters of flame. Oh, God !... | |
 | Acrostics - 1867 - 302 pages
...unforgotten brave ! Whose land from plain to mountain cave Was Freedom's home, or Glory's grave." " Thou who hast The fatal gift of beauty, which became A funeral dower of present woes and past." 1. "Then both were cleansed from blood and dust To make a heavenly sign ; The boya were like their... | |
 | 1868 - 802 pages
...beautiful country. Byron, in his Childe Harold, stanza XLII, sings : s• " Italia ! Oh Italia them who hast The fatal gift of beauty, which became A funeral dower of present woes and past, . . . . and could'st claim Thy right, and awe the robbers back, who press To shed thy blood, and drink... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1870 - 770 pages
...lightning sanctifies below Wiute er it strikes ; — yon head is doubly sacred now. XI.II. Italia ! О ron funer.il dower of present woes and past. On thy sweet brow is sorrow plough'd by shame, And annals... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1872 - 776 pages
...lightning sanctifies below Whate'er it strikes ;—yon head is doubly sacred aov, XLII. Italia ! oh Italia ! thou who hast The fatal gift of beauty, which...present woes and past On thy sweet brow is sorrow plough'd by shanin, And annals graved in characters of flame. Oh, God ! that thou wert in thy nakedness... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 336 pages
...below54 Whate'er it strikes ; — yon head is doubly sacred now." XLII, Italia ! oil Italia ! tliou who hast The fatal gift of beauty, which became A...present woes and past, On thy sweet brow is sorrow plough'd by shame, And annals graved in characters of flame. Oh, God ! that thou wert in thy nakedness... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 332 pages
...— yon head is doubly saered now. XLII, Italia ! oh Italia ! thou who hast The fatal gift of beanty, which became A funeral dower of present woes and past, On thy sweet brow is sorrow plough'd by shame, And annals graved in charaeters of flame. Oh, God ! that thou wert in thy nakedness... | |
 | 1915 - 826 pages
...bcllczza and' hai Funcsta dote d'infiniti guni," etc. •' Italia ! oh Italia ! thou who hast The fata! gift of beauty, which became A funeral dower of present woes and past," etc. Hundreds of such examples are to be and should be collected from the works of great English writers.... | |
 | John Russell Young - 1879 - 778 pages
...freedom and light — recalling as we did the eloquent lament of Byron over Italy of the Bourbon days : " Italia ! O Italia ! thou who hast The fatal gift of...present woes and past, On thy sweet brow is sorrow plowed by shame, And annals graved in characters of flame." It was not without a regret that we saw... | |
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