| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 5646 |
| AUTHOR: | George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (17881824) |
| QUOTATION: | Italia! O Italia! thou who hast The fatal gift of beauty. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Childe Harolds Pilgrimage, Canto iv. Stanza 42. |
| | Note 1. A translation of the famous sonnet of Filicaja: Italia, Italia! O tu cui feo la sorte. [back] |
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