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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

5646 George Gordon Noel Byron

 
NUMBER:5646
AUTHOR:George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788–1824)
QUOTATION:Italia! O Italia! thou who hast
The fatal gift of beauty. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto iv. Stanza 42.
 
Note 1.
A translation of the famous sonnet of Filicaja: “Italia, Italia! O tu cui feo la sorte.” [back]