“Oh, what am I, and what are they?
Masquers but striving to deceive
Themselves and others; and believe
It is enough, if none shall know
The covered mass of care below.”

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon

The Golden Violet - title poem - introduction
The Golden Violet (1827)

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English poet and novelist 1802–1838

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“Oh, what am I, and what are they?Masquers but striving to deceiveThemselves and others; and believeIt is enough, if none shall knowThe covered mass of care below.”

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“Oh, what am I, and what are they?
Masquers but striving to deceive
Themselves and others; and believe
It is enough, if none shall know
The covered mass of care below.”