“We seek—we find—
And find the charm has with the search declined.
Affections—pleasures—all in which we trust, —
What do they end in?—Nothing, or disgust.”

—  Letitia Elizabeth Landon

(1st July 1826) Moralising
The London Literary Gazette, 1826

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English poet and novelist 1802–1838

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