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] |