...memorable and often-quoted of such expressions is certainly the long stanza in Lord Byron's Manfred (1817): When I was wandering, - upon such a night I stood within the Coliseum's wall, Midst the chief relics of almighty Rome; The trees which grew along the broken arches...

...alone.] The stars are forth, the moon above the tops Of the snow-shining mountains. - Beautiful! I linger yet with Nature, for the night Hath been to...my youth, When I was wandering, - upon such a night 10 I stood within the Coliseum's wall, Midst the chief relics of almighty Rome; The trees which grew...

...mysterious charm that realizes the visions of imagination. James Sloan, Rambles in Rome, pp. 300-301. 1817 I do remember me, that in my youth, When I was wandering, upon such a night I stood within the Coliseum's wall, Midst the chief relics of Almighty Rome. The trees which grew along the broken arches...

...reason, and has its reasons which are unknown to man. — Claude Levi- Strauss, La Pensee Sauvage I linger yet with nature, for the night Hath been to...her starry shade Of dim and solitary loveliness I learned the language of another world. — Lord Byron, Manfred 20.1 Introduction This chapter explores...

...who visit the Colisenm by moonlight will realise the truthfulness of the following description :— ' I do remember me, that in my youth, When I was wandering,— upon gueh a Bight I stood within the Coliseum's wall, 'Midst the chief relics of almighty Kome ; Tlie trees...

...quote with a highly performative quality, enabling the tourist to identify with the narrative persona: I do remember me, that in my youth, When I was wandering, — upon such a night I stood within the Coliseum's wall, Midst the chief relics of almighty Rome; The trees which grew along the broken arches...