OF all the fairest Cities of the Earth None is so fair as FLORENCE. 'Tis a gem Of purest ray ; and what a light broke forth, When it emerged from darkness ! Search within, Without ; all is enchantment ! 'Tis the Past Contending with the Present ; and... Lord Castleton's Ward. A Novel - Página 74por Mrs. B. R. Green - 1874Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Samuel Rogers - 1830 - 318 páginas
...thine, Her charmed cup — ah, who among us all Could say he had not erred as much, and more ? FLORENCE. OF all the fairest Cities of the Earth None is so fair as FLORENCE. 'Tis a gem Of purest ray ; and what a light broke forth, When it emerged from darkness ! Search within,... | |
| Rev. George William David Evans - 1835 - 498 páginas
...to be the besetting sin of travellers; but, with the exception of Rogers, who asserts roundly that, Of all the fairest cities of the earth None is so fair as Florence, they have hardly done justice to the capital of Tuscany, which may well be called "the fair." Its churches,... | |
| 1875 - 492 páginas
...francs. Our next journey is across the Appenines to Florence — of which city Rogers writes — " Of all the fairest cities of the earth None is so fair as Florence. 'Tis a gem Of purest ray ; and what a light broke forth When it emerged from darkness ! Search within,... | |
| Richard Harris Barham - 1841 - 926 páginas
...his disposal, so he took up the Gazetteer.—Florence was the first name that caught his eye :— " Of all the fairest cities of the earth None is so fair as Florence."— Not that he knew anything about that, but fair or foul, to Florence did he determine to bend his steps,... | |
| Samuel Rogers - 1845 - 366 páginas
...thine, Her charmed cup — ah, who among us all Could say he had not erred as much, and more ? FLORENCE. OF all the fairest Cities of the Earth None is so fair as FLORENCE. 'Tis a gem Of purest ray ; and what a light broke forth,* When it emerged from darkness ! Search within,... | |
| Frances Mary LEVETT - 1849 - 226 páginas
...lined with fine buildings, seem almost uninhabited. Florence, Nov. 8. Hotel of the Gran Bretagna. " Of all the fairest cities of the earth, None is so fair as Florence," said the poet Rogers ; and I am inclined to agree with him. We have now been here a week, and find... | |
| Samuel Rogers - 1852 - 522 páginas
...Her charmed cup — ah, who among us all Could say he had not erred as much, and more? FLORENCE. OP all the fairest Cities of the Earth None is so fair as FLORENCE. 'Tis a gem Of purest ray; and what a light broke forth, When it emerged from darkness ! Search within,... | |
| Randal William McGavock - 1854 - 412 páginas
...all the cattle in Italy are dove-colored,) and reached this city on the evening of the fourth day. " Of all the fairest cities of the earth, None is so fair as Florence." Situated on the banks of the Arno, in a valley rich in all that is beautiful, and surrounded by lofty... | |
| Samuel Rogers - 1854 - 494 páginas
...Her charmed cup — ah ! who among us all Could say he had not erred as much, and more 1 FLORENCE. OF all the fairest cities of the earth, None is so fair as FLORENCE. 'T is a gem Of purest ray ; and what a light broke forth,12s When it emerged from darkness ! Search... | |
| Randal William McGavock - 1854 - 418 páginas
...all the cattle in Italy are dove-colored,) and reached this city on the evening of the fourth day. " Of all the fairest cities of the earth, None is so fair as Florence." Situated on the banks of the Arno, in a valley rich in all that is beautiful, and surrounded by lofty... | |
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