 Thou art the garden of the world, the home Of all Art yields, and Nature (') can decree ; Even in thy desert, what is like to thee ? Thy very weeds are beautiful, thy waste ; More rich than other climes' fertility ; Thy wreck a glory, and thy ruin graced...  Childe Harold's pilgrimage: Italy - Page 26by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1872Full view - About this book
 | J. W. Gregory - Africa, Central - 1968 - 496 pages
...of casual accidents finds it difficult to understand. CHAPTER XV THE FLORA OF BRITISH EAST AFRICA1 " Even in thy desert, what is like to thee? Thy very weeds are beautiful." — BYRON. IN Chap. XIII. reference has been made to the interest of the Alpine flora of Equatorial... | |
 | George Gordon Byron - Poetry - 1994 - 884 pages
...beautiful, the brave, the lordg of earth and sea, xxn. The commonwealth of kings, the men of Borne ! And even since, and now, fair Italy ! Thou art the...decree ; Even in thy desert, what is like to thee ? Thy тегу weeds are beautiful, thy waste Moro rich than other climes' fortuity ; Thy wreck a glory,... | |
 | John Elsner, Roger Cardinal - Antiques & Collectibles - 1994 - 324 pages
...proud of the triumphs of Art in its erection, and with the noble poet may say of this idolised country 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 are beautiful; thy waste More rich than other... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Poetry - 1996 - 868 pages
...were cast the heroic and the free, 225 The beautiful, the brave - the lords of earth and sea, XXVI The commonwealth of kings, the men of Rome! And even since,...the home Of all Art yields, and Nature can decree; 230 Even in thy desert, what is like to thee? XXV Thy very weeds are beautiful, thy waste More rich... | |
 | Manfred Pfister, Barbara Schaff - History - 1999 - 268 pages
...is how Harold metonymically addresses the mirror-image of Venice, ruinous Italy: Even in thy desart, what is like to thee? Thy very weeds are beautiful, thy waste More rich than other climes' fertility; Thy wreck a glory, and thy ruin graced With an immaculate charm... (st. 26) 1 "On... | |
 | David Clifford, Laurence Roussillon - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 299 pages
...ruined past. 12 In a famous passage, Byron wrote: And now, fair Italy! Thou art the garden of the world, Even in thy desert, what is like to thee? Thy very...weeds are beautiful, thy waste More rich than other climes' fertility. Thy wreck a glory and thy ruin graced With an immaculate charm that cannot be defaced.... | |
 | Simonti Sen - Travel - 2005 - 260 pages
...chant in their very own words, and Byron was certainly one of our travellers' favourite poets. Thou art garden of the world the home, Of all art yields, and...decree, Even in thy desert, what is like to thee? The very wheels are beautiful, thy waste More rich than other climes's fertility; Thy wreck a glory... | |
 | Francis Halsey - Travel - 2006 - 209 pages
...perhaps forty per cent. . . ,. "and now, fair Italy! Thou art the garden ol the world, the home 0* all Art yields, and Nature can decree; Even in thy...weeds are beautiful, thy waste More rich than other climes' fertility; Thy wreck a glory, and thy ruin graced With an immaculate charm which can not be... | |
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