Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) English poet and novelist
A Night in May
The Venetian Bracelet (1829)
“Genius doth catch the music of the spheres,
Which mortal ear was never meant to know.
Genius can penetrate the mysteries
Of feeling, all unknown to other hearts;
A power hath entered in the inmost soul,
Whose presence may not be contained.”
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