 | 1854 - 478 pages
...distinguished artists of history. THF, VATICAN AND THE ARTISTIC TREASURES OF ITALY. . " Italia ! О Italia ! thou who hast The fatal gift of beauty, which became . A funeral dnwcr, of present woo«, and past. On thy eweet brow is sorrow ploughed by «hamc, And annals graved... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 612 pages
...fair Italy. Rogers's Italy. Italia ! O Italia ! thou who hast The fatal gift of beauty, whieh beeame A funeral dower of present woes and past, On thy sweet brow is sorrow plough'd by shame, And annals graved in eharaeters of flame. Byron's ChHile Harold. Fair Italy ! ThoB... | |
 | nokkrum islendingum - 1857 - 400 pages
...ítala, svo \,ab verbur satt lengi enn sem Byron lávarbur kvab um ítalíu í Childe Harold (IV, 43): „Italia! oh Italia! thou who hast the fatal gift...became a funeral dower of present woes and past. on íhy sweet brow is sorrow plougWd by shame: — ab fegurb landsins er orbin því hin mesta hefndargjöf.... | |
 | James Anderson (of Edinburgh.) - 1857 - 748 pages
...Comipondcnce, torn. I. pj. ITS, 175, 177-179. of t!)t information IS ITALY. "Italia! O Italia! then who hait The fatal gift of beauty, which became A funeral dower of present woes ami past, On thy sweet brow is sorrow plough'd by shani!\ And annals graved in characten of flame.... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1857 - 524 pages
...most beautiful land in the world. Italia ! О Italia !" exclaimed he, in the words of Filkaja, " thon who hast the fatal gift of beauty which became A. funeral dower. Oh, God ! that thou wert in thy nakedness Less lovely or more powerful. Oh, would that her sorrows... | |
 | John Russell (author of Alfred Barton.) - 1858 - 394 pages
...blue," uttered this beautifully poetic extract from " Childe Harolde." — " Italia ! oh, Italia ! them 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." " Beautiful ideas these are, Mary, clothed... | |
 | Joseph Cross - Europe - 1859 - 536 pages
...ROOF — THE TOWER — HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE CITY — ST. AMBROSE — SAN CARLO BORROMEO. Italia! 0 Italia! thou who hast The fatal gift of beauty, which...by shame, And annals graved in characters of flame! CUILDE HAROLD. AT eight in the evening of the same day that we left Venice, we arrived in the goodly... | |
 | Daniel Clarke Eddy - Europe - 1859 - 510 pages
...affirm, as he inquires in vain for Caesar's glory and Nero's pride. 1 Alessandro Manzoni. " Italia ! O Italia ! thou who hast The fatal gift of beauty which...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,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1859 - 914 pages
...that the lightning sanctifies below 6 Whate'er it strikes ; — yon head is doubly sacred 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... | |
 | Frederick William Robinson - 1859 - 360 pages
...of Translation it rtsenitJ. LONDON : it. BOBN, PKIHTEB, GLOUCESTER STREET, BEGENT'S PARK. BOOK VI. " ITALIA ! oh, Italia ! thou who hast The fatal gift...present woes and past, On thy sweet brow is sorrow plongh'd by shame, And annals graved in characters of flame." BTBOH. "Oh, sir! the good die first,... | |
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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... 
