“For wishes are effectual but by will,
And that too much is impotent and void
In frail humanity; and time steals by
Sinful and wavering, and unredeem’d.”

—  Letitia Elizabeth Landon

A Summer Evening’s Tale
The Venetian Bracelet (1829)

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English poet and novelist 1802–1838

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