“Mother:
Children and sorrow come together. First
Are sleepless nights, and cradle watchings — next
Your age is vexed with maiden fantasies,
And your girl's lover costeth you more care
Than ever did your own. It is not well!”

—  Letitia Elizabeth Landon

The London Literary Gazette (7th February 1835)
Translations, From the German

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English poet and novelist 1802–1838

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