Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) English poet and novelist
(14th October 1826) Changes
The London Literary Gazette, 1826
“From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.”
Quote in Sustainable Landscape Construction: A Guide to Green Building Outdoors (2007) by William Thompson and Kim Sorvig, p. 30
after 1930
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