Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) English poet and novelist
April from The London Literary Gazette (5th April 1823)
The Vow of the Peacock (1835)
“Oh this is not that sweet love
Own companion to the dove;
But a wild and wandering thing,
Varying as the lights that fling
Radiance o'er his peacock's wing.
I do weep, that Love should be
Ever linked with Vanity.”
(25th January 1823) Medallion Wafers: Cupid Riding on a Peacock
The London Literary Gazette, 1823
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