 | Charles M. Bain - 1859 - 192 pages
...REVIEWING THE PAINTING OP AS ITALIAN LANDSCAPE. Ilalia! oh, IUIU! than who hart The fatal ftfk of beau;, which became A funeral dower of present woes and past, On thy tweet brow U wrrow ploaeh'd by thaTO, ,%nd annala graved In characters of flame ; Oh, God ! that Ihon... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - Readers - 1860 - 450 pages
...color as it gasps away — The last still loveliest, till — 'tis gone — and all is gray. Italia ! O Italia ! thou who hast The fatal gift of beauty, which...by shame, And annals graved in characters of flame. Would that thou wert iu this thy nakedness Less lovely, or more powerful, and couldst claim Thy right,... | |
 | Daniel Clarke Eddy - Europe - 1860 - 520 pages
...inquires in vain for Caesar's glory and Nero'i pride. , ; l-Alessandro Manzoni. " Italia ! O Italia 1 thou who hast The fatal gift of beauty which became...by shame, And annals graved in characters of flame. O God 1 that thou wert in thy nakedness Less lovely or more powerful, and couldst claim Thy right,... | |
 | Joseph Cross (D.D.) - 1860 - 466 pages
...Historical Sketch of the City — St. Ambrose — San Carlo Borromeo. Italia ! O Italia ! thou who host The fatal gift of beauty, which became A funeral dower...ploughed by shame, And annals graved In characters of name ! CHILDE HAROLD. AT eight in the evening of the same day that we left Venice, we arrived in the... | |
 | Joel Edson Rockwell - Europe - 1860 - 356 pages
...heart appreciated the terrible reality of Italy's oppression and suffering: " Italia ! Oh, Italia I Thou who hast The fatal gift of beauty, which became...present woes and past ; On thy sweet brow is sorrow plough'd by shame, And annals graved in characters of flame I Oh, God ! that thou wert in thy nakedness... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1861 - 1154 pages
...grieves, Know, that the lighning sanctifies below" Whate'er it strikes ;— yon head is doubly sacred now Italia ! oh Italia ! thou who hast ** The fatal gift...present woes and past, On thy sweet brow is sorrow plough'd by dhame, And annals graved in characters of flame. Oh Ood ! that thou wert in thy nakedness... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1861 - 734 pages
...lightning sanctifies below 'Whate'er it strikes ; — yon head is doubly sacred now ! XLII. Italia! O Italia! thou who hast The fatal gift of beauty, which...present woes and past, On thy sweet brow is sorrow plough'd by shame, And annals graved in characters of flame. O God! that thon wert in thy nakedness... | |
 | John Cumming - 1863 - 340 pages
...rendered from an Italian sonnet, thus sings an Italian strain, never more appropriate than now:— "Italia! oh Italia! thou who hast The fatal gift of...by shame, And annals graved in characters of flame. Would that tliou wert in thy nakedness Less lovely or more powerful, and could'st claim Thy right and... | |
 | Ch. F. Koch - English language - 1863 - 516 pages
...wird shaved vorgezogen. Though on his brow were graven lines §. 28. austere. B. Ch. 3, 52. on thy brow is sorrow ploughed by shame , and annals graved in characters of flame, 4, 42. goodliest trees, loaden with fairest fruit. M. pi. 4, 147. scarcely any voice was raised in... | |
 | Christian Friedrich Koch - English language - 1863 - 540 pages
...wird shaved vorgezogen. Though on his brow were graven lines §. 28. anstere. B. Ch. 3, 52. on thy brow is sorrow ploughed by shame, and annals graved in characters of flame, 4, 42. goodliest trecs, loaden with faires t fruit. M. pl. 4,147. scarcely any voice was raisert in... | |
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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... 
