“… Oh! burning are the drops
That wounded love will shed—like to the dew
Falling from off the poison tree, the blight
Still following the touch;—ah! other tears
Soften and bless—but these destroy the heart.”

—  Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Canto II, XVII
The Fate of Adelaide (1821)

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English poet and novelist 1802–1838

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