Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) English poet and novelist
April from The London Literary Gazette (5th April 1823)
The Vow of the Peacock (1835)
“I should be glad of loneliness
And hours that go on broken wings,
A thirsty body, a tired heart
And the unchanging ache of things,
If I could make a single song
As lovely and as full of light,
As hushed and brief as a falling star
On a winter night.”
"Compensation"
Flame and Shadow (1920)
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