“You may smile at the fanciful structures I rear,
And say, that my castles are built but on sand;
Like bubbles, that on the blue waters appear,
That sparkle, invite, and then sink from the hand.”

Castle Building
The Fate of Adelaide (1821)

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English poet and novelist 1802–1838

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