“Why should I love? flinging down pearl and gem
To those who scorn, at least care not for them:
Why should I hate? as blades in scabbards melt,
I have no power to make my hatred felt;”

—  Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Title poem
The Venetian Bracelet (1829)

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