Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) English poet and novelist
(2nd October 1824) The Lake
The London Literary Gazette, 1824
“Great things thro' greatest hazards are achiev'd,
And then they shine.”
Act I, scene 5.
The Loyal Subject (c. 1616–19; published 1647, 1679)
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And then they shine." by John Fletcher?
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