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Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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“THERE rests a shade above yon town, A dark funereal shroud: 'Tis not the tempest hurrying down, 'Tis not a summer cloud. The smoke that rises on the air Is as a type and sign; A shadow flung by the despair Within those streets of thine.”
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“Look on yon child, it droops the head, Its knees are bow'd with pain; It mutters from its wretched bed, "Oh, let me sleep again!" Alas! 'tis time, the mother's eyes Turn mournfully away; Alas! 'tis time, the child must rise, And yet it is not day.”
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“Of all the months that fill the year Give April's month to me, For earth and sky are then so filled With sweet variety !”
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“The apple blossoms' shower of pearl, The pear tree's rosier hue, As beautiful as woman's blush, As evanescent too.”
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“It is like love ; oh love should be An ever-changing thing, — The love that I could worship must Be ever on the wing.”
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Recorded in: April from The London Literary Gazette (5th April 1823)
“[Before] Just two or three sweet chords, that seemed An echo of thy tone,— The cushat's song was on the wind And mingled with thine own.”
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“[After] Burnt to the dust, an ashy heap Was every cottage round;— I listened, but I could not hear One single human sound:”
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Recorded in: Glencoe from The London Literary Gazette (12th July 1823)
“Is there some nameless boding sent, Like a noiseless voice from the tomb?— A spirit note from the other world, To warn of death and doom?”
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Recorded in: The Wreck from The London Literary Gazette (10th September 1825) - under the pen name Iole
“THE Moon is sailing o'er the sky, But lonely all, as if she pined For somewhat of companionship, And felt it was in vain she shined: Earth is her mirror, and the stars Are as the court around her throne; She is a beauty and a queen; But what is this? she is alone.”
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Recorded in: The Moon from The London Literary Gazette (25th March 1826)
“Each look'd upon his comrade's face, Pale as funereal stone ; Yet none could touch the other's hand, For none could feel his own. Like statues fixed, that gallant band Stood on the dread deck to die ; The sleet was their shroud, the wind their dirge, And their churchyard the sea and sky.”
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“He said it was fearful to see them stand, Nor the living nor yet the dead, And the light glared strange in the glassy eyes Whose human look was fled. For frost had done one half life's part, And kept them from decay ; Those they loved had mouldered, but these Look'd the dead of yesterday.”
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Recorded in: The Frozen Ship, from The London Literary Gazette, (16th September 1826) - Metrical Fragment No. V. - The Frozen Ship, under the pen name 'Iole'
“Like prisoners escaped during night from their prison, The waters fling gaily their spray to the sun; Who can tell me from whence that glad river has risen? Who can say whence it springs in its beauty?—not one.”
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Recorded in: The Minstrel’s Monitor from Literary Souvenir, 1827
“In sooth, this earth is a lovely place; Pass not in darkness over her face; Yet call back thy words of doom— They are too gay and too fair for the tomb. . . . . And have seen--alas! 'tis but outward show— The sunshine of yon green earth below: Glad of rest must the wretched and way-worn be— Angel of Death, they are ready for thee!”
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Recorded in: The Spirit and the Angel of Death from Friendship's Offering, 1827
“A light is gone from yonder sky, A star has left its sphere; The beautiful--and do they die In yon bright world as here? Will that star leave a lonely place, A darkness on the night?— No; few will miss its lovely face, And none think heaven less bright!”
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Recorded in: The Lost Star from The Literary Souvenir, 1828
“Beautiful wreck! for still thy face, Though changed, is very fair; Like beauty's moonlight, left to shew Her morning sun was there.”
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Recorded in: The Change from The London Literary Gazette (16th February 1828)
“THE quiet of the evening hour Was laid on every summer leaf; That purple shade was on each flower, At once so beautiful, so brief, Only the aspen knew not rest, But still, with an unquiet song, Kept murmuring to the gentle west, And cast a changeful shade along.”
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Recorded in: The Aspen Tree from The London Literary Gazette (21st August 1830)
“Though many a flower may win my praise, The violet has my love; I did not pass my childish days In garden or in grove: My garden was the window-seat, Upon whose edge was set A little vase—the fair, the sweet— It was the violet.”
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Recorded in: The Violet from The Literary Souvenir, 1831
“His shroud was damp, his face was white: He said,—"I cannot sleep, Your tears have made my shroud so wet; Oh, mother, do not weep!" Oh, love is strong!—the mother's heart Was filled with tender fears; Oh, love is strong!—and for her child Her grief restrained its tears.”
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Recorded in: The Little Shroud from The London Literary Gazette (28th April 1832)
“The shadow of the church falls o'er the ground, Hallowing its place of rest; and here the dead Slumber, where all religious impulses, And sad and holy feelings, angel like, Make the spot sacred with themselves, and wake Those sorrowful emotions in the heart Which purify it, like a temple meet For an unearthly presence. Life, vain Life, The bitter and the worthless, wherefore here Do thy remembrances intrude?”
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“Those sweet, vague sounds are on the air, Half sleep, half song--half false, half true, As if the wind that brought them there Had touched them with its music too.”
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“For human tears are lava-drops, That scorch and wither as they flow; Then let them flow for those who live, And not for those who sleep below.”
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Recorded in: The Churchyard from The London Literary Gazette (3rd January 1829)
“. . . the desolate Is doubly sorrowful when it recalls It was not always desolate.”
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Recorded in: Change from The London Literary Gazette (3rd January 1829)
“To this fine spirit our earth owes her greatest: For the future is purchased by scorning the present, And life is redeemed from its clay soil by fame. * King, not a vestige remains of your palaces; Conqueror, forgotten the fame of your battles: But the Poet yet lives in the sweetness of music— He appeal'd to the heart, that never forgets.”
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Recorded in: The Three Brothers from The London Literary Gazette (20th June 1829) as Fame : An Apologue
“Ah! it is well we can forget, Or who could linger on Beneath a sky whose stars are set, On earth whose flowers are gone? For who could welcome loved ones near, Thinking of those once far more dear,”
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“It shock'd me first to see the sun Shine gladly o'er thy tomb; To see the wild flowers o'er it run In such luxuriant bloom. Now I feel glad that they should keep A bright sweet watch above thy sleep.”
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Recorded in: The Forgotten One from The Keepsake, 1831 [Probably refers to Letitia's little sister, Elizabeth]
“The heavy bridge confines your stream, Through which the barges toil, Smoke has shut out the sun's glad beam, Thy waves have caught the soil. On—on—though weariness it be, By shoal and barrier cross'd, Till thou hast reach'd the mighty sea, And there art wholly lost.”
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Recorded in: The Altered River from The Keepsake, 1829
“A single grave! —the only one In this unbroken ground, Where yet the garden leaf and flower Are lingering around.”
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Recorded in: The Single Grave from The London Literary Gazette (29th August 1829)
“THE fountain's low singing is heard on the wind, Like a melody bringing sweet fancies to mind; Some to grieve, some to gladden: around them they cast The hopes of the morrow, the dreams of the past. Away in the distance is heard the vast sound, From the streets of the city that compass it round, Like the echo of mountains, or ocean's deep call; Yet that fountain's low singing is heard over all.”
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“This volume was written for children. Miss Landon set out its purpose in the preface.”
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“Sympathy is the surest destruction of selfishness. Children, like the grown person, grow the better for participation in the sufferings where their own only share is pity.”
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“... happiness is not for this world — a conviction that cannot be too soon acquired : it will destroy a thousand vain expectations, dissipate the most perplexing of our illusions — the early knowledge that life is but a trial, whose triumph is hereafter, and this earth a place appointed for that sorrow and patient endurance which is gradually fitting us for a better and a happier state.”
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“There are always an ample sufficiency of compassionate neighbours ready to console one who, by common consent, is styled "the disconsolate widower.”
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“Selfishness is hypocritical by nature, and seizes on the first decent excuse as a cloak ;”
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“... any one who has noticed may have observed that the weeping of grown up persons produces a sensation of awe on the mind of a child. Accustomed to associate the idea of superiority with that of their elders, they cannot understand their giving way to the same emotions as themselves.”
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“Nothing discourages a child so much as the impossibility of pleasing.”
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“I believe the love of flowers to be as inherent in the disposition as any other inclination.”
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“How many children, discontented with the exercise of needful authority, might learn submission and thankfulness from the lot of others ; such a temper as that we have been describing is very uncommon ; the treatment of children oftener errs on the side of over-indulgence than aught else. How many might be taught better to appreciate the blessings which surround them by considering what some, less fortunate than themselves, are called upon to endure !”
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“Now, bitter, but useful, mortification is the steppingstone to knowledge, even in a child.”
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“Expectation makes a long delay.”
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“All beginnings are very troublesome things.”
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“... we all know mysteries are very fascinating things.”
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“November's night is dark and drear, The dullest month of all the year.”
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“Children are too often unkind to one another, and deny the allowance they so much need in their own case.”
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“In moments of great anxiety there is a sort of natural superstition about the heart, which the reason rejects in cooler moments.”
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“To know yourself less beloved than you love, is a dreadful feeling”
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“It was an epoch in my life, it is an epoch in every child's life, the first reading of Robinson Crusoe.”
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“We read of the gales that bear from the shores of Ceylon the breathings of the cinnamon groves.”
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“The Little Boy’s Bed-Time See under Translations”
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“She said “Oh rather thank thy God, My lot is not thine own. How would my weary feet rejoice Like thine to walk and run Over the soft and fragrant grass, Beneath yon cheerful sun. And yet I trust to God's good will My spirit is resign'd ; Though sore my sickness, it is borne At least with patient mind. Though noble be my father's name, And vast my father's wealth; He would give all, could he but give His only child thy health ! Ah, judge not by the outside show Of this world, vain and frail —”
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“You said in our old ash-tree a bird had built its nest ; Perhaps this very linnet has there its place of rest. Now who will keep his little ones when night begins to fall ? They have no other shelter, and they will perish all. There'll be no more sweet singing within that lonely grove ; Now, Henry, free your prisoner, I pray you, for my love. Our father is a soldier, and in some distant war He too might be a prisoner in foreign lands afar.”
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