 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 402 pages
...that the lightning sanctifies below * Whate'er it strikes ; — yon head is doubly sacred now. XLII. 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,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1866 - 204 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 thou wert in thy nakedness... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 802 pages
...sanctifies below Whate'er it strikes ; — yon head is doubly sacred now, XLH. 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. Oh, God ! that thou wert in thy nakedness... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations - 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
....that the lightning sanctifies below Whate'er it strikes ; — yon head is doubly sacred now. XLII. Italia ! oh, Italia ! thou who hast The fatal gift...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... | |
 | Sarah Smith - 1867 - 332 pages
...suffered, though you would not cast aside the reserve in which you had wrapped yourself. I could see— ' On thy sweet brow is sorrow ploughed by shame, And annals graved in characters of flame.' Once again I implore you to trust in me. This morning I heard from Bruin Clive, who commissions me... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1868 - 666 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...by shame, And annals graved in characters of flame. O God I that thou wert in thy nakedness Less lovely or more powerful, and couldst claim Thy right,... | |
 | Theology - 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... | |
 | Karl Konrad Hense - Greek language - 1868 - 334 pages
...ist die Personification des Landes Italien durch brow bei L. Byron, Child Harold's pilgrimage 4, 42 : Italia ! oh Italia! thou who hast the fatal gift of beauty, which become a funeral dower of present woes and past, on thy sweet brow is sorrow plough'd by shame. 2.... | |
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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... 
