“Glory of earth, and light from heaven,
Young Genius! but for thee,
And the wild wonders to thee given,
How base our earth would be!”

—  Letitia Elizabeth Landon

(19th May 1827) Genius
The London Literary Gazette, 1827

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English poet and novelist 1802–1838

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