| Karl Baedeker (Firm) - 1863 - 860 pages
...and the azure lake, all tell of the land of which it is no exaggeration to say in the poet's words: '•Thy very weeds are beautiful, thy waste More rich than other climes' fertility." Byron. The character of the inhabitants is equally Italian; a love of the dolce far' niente, combined... | |
| Change - 1864 - 322 pages
...Rome. How lovely it was ! Byron has aptly described it in his Childe Harold, — " Fair Italy ! E'en in thy desert what is like to thee ? Thy very weeds...thy waste More rich than other climes' fertility." Every step is on storied ground : here, some grand old Roman yielded his life for his beloved country... | |
| Norris Clarion Sprigg - 1907 - 152 pages
...the heart can ne'er grow old. Thy very weeds are beautiful, thy waste More rich than other, claims fertility, Thy wreck a glory and thy ruin graced With an immaculate charm, which cannot be defaced. And the soft, quiet hamlet where he dwelt Is one of that complexion which seems... | |
| Isaac Newton Stevens - 1908 - 368 pages
...commonwealth of kings, the men of Rome ! 'And even since, and now, fair Italy ! Thou art the garden of the world, the home Of all Art yields, and Nature can...and thy ruin graced With an immaculate charm which cannot be defaced.' "Their country has been shaken with almost every social, political and military... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1908 - 166 pages
...commonwealth of kings, the men of Borne I And even since, and now, fair Italy ! Thou art the garden of the world, the home Of all Art yields, and Nature can...and thy ruin graced With an immaculate charm which cannot be defaced. The moon is up, and yet it is not night ; Sunset divides the sky with her ; a sea... | |
| Karl Baedeker (Firm) - 1908 - 658 pages
...Naples xlvii "Thou art the garden of the world, the home Of all Art yields, and Nature can decree; E'en in thy desert, what is like to thee? Thy very weeds...and thy ruin graced With an immaculate charm which cannot be defaced." Вткок. I. Travelling Expenses. Money. Expenses. The cost of a tour in Southern... | |
| John Nolen - 1908 - 132 pages
...whom honor is due is more available, more appropriate, more enduring. [72] VII. A £>g0trm at Parka "Even in thy desert what is like to thee ? Thy very...thy waste More rich than other climes' fertility." San Diego early expressed its belief in parks by setting aside, close to the centre of the town, 1,400... | |
| John Nolen - 1908 - 132 pages
...honoring those to whom honor is due is more available, more appropriate, more enduring. VII. A i$gBtwn of "Even in thy desert what is' like to thee ? Thy very...beautiful, thy waste More rich than other climes' fertuity." GOLDEN GATE PARK, SAN FRANCISCO, THIRTY YEARS AGO. San Diego early expressed its belief... | |
| Edwin Du Bois Shurter - 1908 - 348 pages
...grown the Louisiana of to-day — our own, our native land — the land of love and charm and beauty. "Thy very weeds are beautiful, thy waste More rich than other climes' fertility." Despite Louisiana's foreign origin and her alien laws, we, her people, are not aliens, and yield to... | |
| Paget Jackson Toynbee - 1909 - 784 pages
...commonwealth of Kings, the men of Rome ! And ever since, and now, fair Italy ! Thou art the garden of the world, the home Of all Art yields, and Nature can...and thy ruin graced With an immaculate charm which cannot be defaced.' Through these delightful regions the Pilgrim wanders, awakening by the flashes... | |
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