“Deep in the silent waters,
A thousand fathoms low,
A gallant ship lies perishing —
She foundered long ago.”

—  Letitia Elizabeth Landon

(12th January 1833) The Lost Ship
The London Literary Gazette, 1833-1835

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English poet and novelist 1802–1838

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