 | Robert Baird - Christian sects - 1847 - 796 pages
...Mrvir sempre, o vincitrice o vinta.' ' Italia ! oh Italia ! Thou who hast The fatal gift of beanty, which became A funeral dower of present woes and past,...by shame, And annals graved in characters of flame. O, God ! that thou wert in thy nakedness Less lovely or more powerful, and couldst claim Thy right,... | |
 | Ruling passion - 1845 - 1156 pages
...the great ones of her own history, when she was ' the mightiest' as she is "still the loveliest." " Italia! oh, Italia! thou who hast The fatal gift of beauty, which became A funeral dower." • Juliet. j Portia. THE RULING PASSION. It was a lovely evening, canopied by the glowing sky of this... | |
 | Emanuel Geibel - 1846 - 102 pages
...»on ben Sergen flang eе naф: ©efegnet feift bu, betdes Sanb! 43 llalla! oh Italia! thon, who husl The fatal gift of beauty, which became A funeral dower...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 - 1846 - 1068 pages
...at (he end of this Canto, Nos. XI. XII. XIII.-E. XLII. Italia ! oh Italia ! thou who hast The fetal 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 (¡raved in characters of flame. Oh, God ! that thou wert in thy nakedness... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 pages
...sacred BOW. XLII. Itafia! ohltaua! thou who ha«t " The fiul gift of beauty, which became A fuñera! its cloud o'er grog or ale, plough1 d by shame, And annals graved in characters of flame. Oh God ! that thou wert in thy nakedness... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 pages
...that the lightning sanctifies below 6 Whatc 'er it strikes ;— yon head is doubly sacred now. XLII. gh'd farewell 1* Slight are the outward signgof evil...there the spirit wrought ! Love shows all changes — plough'd by shame, And annals graved in characters of flame. Oh, God ! that thou wert in thy nakedness... | |
 | William Cowen - Corsica (France) - 1848 - 450 pages
...cinta Pugnar col braccio di straniere genti, Per servir sempre, o vincitrice o vinta." FILICAJA. " Italia ! Oh Italia ! thou who hast The fatal gift...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... | |
 | Robert Turnbull - Italian literature - 1849 - 364 pages
...indeed using the language of the Italian poets, breaks out in those beautiful and burning lines : " Italia ! Oh, Italia, thou who hast The fatal gift...by shame, And annals graved in characters of flame. Oh God ! that thou wert in thy nakedness Less lovely or more powerful, and couldst claim Thy right,... | |
 | Robert Turnbull - Italian literature - 1849 - 346 pages
...indeed using the language of the Italian poets, breaks out in those beautiful and burning lines: " Italia ! Oh, Italia, thou who hast The fatal gift of beauty which became A foneral dower of present woes and past, On thy sweet brow is sorrow ploughed by shame, And annals graved... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1851 - 352 pages
...that the lightuing sanetifies below Whate'er it strikes ; — yon head is doubly saered now. XLII. Italia ! oh Italia ! thou who hast The fatal gift...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... | |
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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... 
