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... Lord Byron's Life in Italy - Página 13de Teresa Guiccioli (contessa di) - 2005 - 700 páginasVista previa restringida - Acerca de este libro
| Ruling passion - 1845 - 1156 páginas
...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 páginas
...»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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 - 1848 - 450 páginas
...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 - 1849 - 346 páginas
...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 - 1851 - 352 páginas
...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... | |
| Daniel Clarke Eddy - 1852 - 538 páginas
...affirm. as he inquires in vain for Caesar's glory and Nero's pride. 1 Aleesandro 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,... | |
| C. Gough - 1853 - 414 páginas
...to force the way ; And better had they ne'er been born Than read to doubt, or read to scorn. ITALY. 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 traced in characters of flame. GOLDEN WORDS. Live well, and die never;... | |
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