“There are a thousand fanciful things
Linked round the young heart's imaginings.
In its first love-dream, a leaf or a flower
Is gifted then with a spell and a power:
A shade is an omen, a dream is a sign,
From which the maiden can well divine
Passion's whole history.”

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Title Poem
The Improvisatrice (1824)

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English poet and novelist 1802–1838

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“There are a thousand fanciful thingsLinked round the young heart's imaginings.In its first love-dream, a leaf or a flowerIs gifted then with a spell and a power:A shade is an omen, a dream is a sign,From which the maiden can well divinePassion's whole history.”

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“There are a thousand fanciful things
Linked round the young heart's imaginings.
In its first love-dream, a leaf or a flower
Is gifted then with a spell and a power:
A shade is an omen, a dream is a sign,
From which the maiden can well divine
Passion's whole history.”