| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 2856 |
| QUOTATION: | Immortal glories in my mind revive,
And in my soul a thousand passions strive,
When Rome’s exalted beauties I descry
Magnificent in piles of ruin lie. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Joseph Addison (1672–1719), British essayist and politician. A Letter from Italy (l. 8–13). . .
Oxford Book of Travel Verse, The. Kevin Crossley-Holland, ed. (1986) Oxford University Press. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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