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VICENZO DA FILICAJA Italian poet (1642 - 1707) Italia! O Italia! thou who hast   The fatal gift of beauty, which became     A funeral dower of present woes and past,       On thy sweet brow is sorrow plough'd by shame,         And annals graved in characters of flame.           [It., Italia, Italia, O tu cui feo la sorte,             Dono infelice di bellezza, ond' hai               Funesta dote d'infiniti guai                 Che in fronte scritti per gran doglia porte.]       - Italia,         English rendering by Byron, "Childe Harold", canto IV, st. 42         [Italy] Last Revised: 2008 June 30 Copyright © 1999-2008 John C. Shepard. All Rights Reserved. The GIGA name and logo are trademarks registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by John C. Shepard.  WWW.GIGA-USA.COM     Back to Top of Page

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