 | 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.... | |
 | Elinor Mead Buckingham - 1897 - 356 pages
...no flatterers; vanity can give No hollow aid; alone — man with his God must strive. (ITALY.) XLII. Italia! Oh Italia! thou who hast The fatal gift 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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1899 - 332 pages
...weaves Is of the tree no bolt of thunder cleaves, 365 XLI Italia ! oh Italia ! 0 thou who hast 370 The fatal gift of beauty, which became A funeral dower...of flame. Oh, God ! that thou wert in thy nakedness 375 Less lovely or more powerful, and could claim Thy right, and awe the robbers back, who press To... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1899 - 592 pages
...• the Southern Scott.' This comes of mistaking horse-chestnuts for chestnut horses."] XLI. XLII. Italia ! oh, Italia ! thou who hast ' The fatal gift...and past — On thy sweet brow is sorrow ploughed by shame,1 And annals graved in characters of flame. Oh, God ! that thou wert in thy nakedness Less lovely... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1899 - 594 pages
...comes of mistaking horse-chestnuts for chestnut horses."] XLII. Italia ! oh, Italia ! thou who hast i The fatal gift of Beauty, which became A funeral dower...and past — On thy sweet brow is sorrow ploughed by shame,L And annals graved in characters of flame. Oh, God ! that thou wert in thy nakedness Less lovely... | |
 | Oscar Kuhns - 1903 - 412 pages
...by Byron in " Childe Harold " has become widely known to English readers. Italia! oh Italia 1 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, And annals graved in characters of flame. Oh, God I that t lion wert in thy nakedness... | |
 | 1903 - 1318 pages
...storm, in bitter and outcast wretchedness, or in the darker madness of triumphant denial of good. " The fatal gift of beauty, which became A funeral dower of present woes and past." " O tu, cui feo la sorte Dono infelice de bellezza, onde hai Funesta dote d'infiniti guai." The inspired... | |
 | 1903 - 912 pages
...storm, in bitter and outcast wretchedness, or in the darker madness of triumphant denial of good. " The fatal gift of beauty, which became A funeral dower of present woes and past." " O tu, cui feo la sorte Dono infelice de bellezza, onde hai Funesta dote d'infiniti guai." The inspired... | |
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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... 
