George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement
On This Day I Complete My Thirty-Sixth Year http://readytogoebooks.com/LP14.htm, st. 2 (1824).
“The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leaves, the fruit, or the flower.”
D'ogni pianta palesa l'aspetto
Il difetto, che il tronco nasconde
Per le fronde, dal frutto, o dal fior.
Part I.
Giuseppe Riconosciuto (1733)
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