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Letitia Elizabeth Landon
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“The moon is darkened in the sky As if grief 's shade were passing by;”
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) said by 1838 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I envy thee, thou careless wind ! How light, how wild thy wandering : Thou hast no earthly chain, to bind One fetter on thy airy wing.”
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Recorded in: (2nd August 1823) both from Songs
“Gentlest one, I bow to thee, Rose-lipp'd queen of poesy, Sweet Erato, thou whose chords Waken but for love-touched words !”
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Recorded in: (9th August 1823) Poetical Catalogue of Pictures. Stothard’s Erato
“Come, gentle harp, and let me hold Communion with thy melody, And be my tale of sorrow told To thee, my harp, and only thee.”
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Recorded in: (27th September 1823) Extracts from my Pocket Book. Song
“I will look on the stars and look on thee, and read the page of thy destiny.”
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Recorded in: (11th October 1823) The Gipsy's Prophecy.
“A summer isle, one over which the wind Hath ever pass'd in melody,— such airs As are born in the rose's breast, and die Like singing on the waters.”
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“There grew ten thousand flowers, on whose leaves Shone every hue that ever yet hath shone In a king's diadem of Indian gems, Or in the tints an autumn sunset throws O'er the rich glaciers in the rainbow arch Of the departing shower ;”
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“No other language than some soft sweet sounds She had caught from the voices of the birds When singing to the morning, and the notes Sent from the waterfall, when, like a harp, It held discourse in music with the wind.”
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“To what may youth's first joyance be compared ? To daylight, and the glad song of the lark Bursting together, — to a sudden gush Of perfume, till the giddy senses link With overmuch delight,— a dream,— a tale Of Paradise, told in fair poesy.”
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Recorded in: (13th December 1823) Poetic Sketches. Fourth Series. Sketch V.— The Island.
“Rode by radiant shapes that seem Creatures made of bloom and beam, With their hair and plumes' gay dyes Glorious as the morning skies.”
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“But as old tradition tells, There are other, deeper, spells In the lone and mystic wells — Spells of strange wild augury Few have had the heart to try. —”
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“To hide the wells from the beam of the sun, She took the webs of silvery white Herself had wove in the lone moonlight, And threw them o'er, so that not one ray Could lighten their depths with a glimpse of day;”
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“My spell is done, my prize is won ; True love! thou hast equal none; True love ! who could choose for thee Gold or gems or vanity ? Where is the spell whose charm will prove, Like the spell of thy charm, true love ?”
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Recorded in: (28th February 1824) Metrical Tales. Tale I. The Three Wells - A Fairy Tale
“'Twas as she hoped, — he sleeps ; and now Her lips are on his throbbing brow, Sucking the poison forth : 't was bliss To know she gave her life for his.”
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Recorded in: (6th March 1824) Metrical Tales. Tale II. The Poisoned Arrow
“Yet, wake again, I pray thee, wake; My soul yet lives upon the chords — My heart must breathe its wrongs, or break : Yet can it find relief in words !”
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Recorded in: (20th March 1824) Metrical Tales. Tale IV.— The Troubadour
“I dread the pictures of my dreams, For, then I gaze on thee; And thou art near, and thou art all That I would have thee be. And then I startle from my sleep, And know all false, and watch and weep.”
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Recorded in: (10th April 1824) Love in Absence
“I've thought upon thy brow when Night Threw o'er my pallet her summer moonlight, And I have looked on the midnight sky To catch the depth and light of thy eye ; I painted from these and from memory, For I could not paint when I looked on thee.”
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Recorded in: (28th April 1824) Raphael Showing his Mistress her Portrait By Mr. Brockedon. (British Gallery.)
“A luxury of deep repose ! the heart Must surely beat in quiet here.”
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“God ! that this Earth should be so beautiful, And yet so wretched !”
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Recorded in: (28th April 1824) Moonlight. T. C. Hofland.
“Race of the rainbow wing, the deep blue eye Whose palace was the bosom of a flower; Who rode upon the breathing of the rose ; Drank from the harebell ; made the moon the queen Of their gay revels ; and whose trumpets were The pink-veined honeysuckle; and who rode Upon the summer butterfly : who slept Lulled in the sweetness of the violet's leaves,— Where are ye now ? And ye of eastern tale, With your bright palaces, your emerald halls ; Gardens whose fountains were of liquid gold ; Trees with their ruby fruit and silver leaves,— Where are ye now ?”
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Recorded in: (12th June 1824) Stanzas
“And then the lute, the lattice, and the girl, The white rose, and the melancholy song — Oh, Night, thy reign is over lovely things ! —”
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“Oh, the heart Knows not the power of music till it loves !”
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“Oh! moral of enjoyment! — scattered, crushed : — The pale checks of the few that staid, like ghosts Haunting the footsteps of departing mirth, While the bright pictures over them looked down Almost in mockery.”
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Recorded in: (17th July 1824) Poetic Sketches - 5th Series. Sketch the First. - Fidelity
“Death has most awful lessons ! It is sad, Aye, strange, to see even the aged die ; But about youth there is a confidence In life, that makes it terrible.”
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“The hope that clings to the least glimpse of blue Amid a sky of murkiness ; the fear That sickens at itself; the fond deceit, That will not see the truth ; the tenderness, That only asks to trust ; and, at the last, The knowledge we have known in vain so long Comes like a thunderbolt, and crashes.”
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Recorded in: (24th July 1824) Poetic Sketches - 5th Series. Sketch the Second. - Infidelity
“But give me one curl of thy raven hair, And, by all thy hopes in heaven, swear That, chance what may thou wilt claim thy bride, And thou to-morrow shall lie by my side.”
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“That day the youth was told the tale, How she had pined beneath the veil And died, and then they show'd her grave— He knew that cypress's green wave. — That night, alone, he watched his bride — The next they laid him by her side.”
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Recorded in: (18th September 1824) The Phantom Bride
“And all was silence. — save when the wild bees. Intoxicate with their noon revelries, Murmuring, kiss'd the blossoms where they lay ; Or when the breeze bore a green leaf away; Or when the flutter of the cusha's wing Echoed its song of plaintive languishing —”
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Recorded in: (2nd October 1824) The Glen
“The Lake was that deep blue, which night Wears in the zenith moon's full light; With pebbles shining thro', like gems Lighting sultana's diadems :”
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Recorded in: (2nd October 1824) The Lake
“Last night I by my casement leant, And looked on the bright firmament; And marked a group of stars, which met, Almost as if on purpose set Together for their loveliness, —”
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Recorded in: (30th October 1824) The Stars
“There is a flower, a purple flower Sown by the wind, nursed by the shower, O'er which Love has breathed a power and spell The truth of whispering hope to tell. (According to the Lady's Book of Flowers, 1842 , this is the centaury)”
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“He loves not, he loves me, he loves me not, He loves me, — yes, thou last leaf, yes, I'll pluck thee not, for that last sweet guess! " He loves me,”
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Recorded in: (13th November 1824) The Decision of the Flower
“This mountain-ash, whose flower-fill'd boughs Spread like a cloud at noon — Whose shade is as a haunted place For the sweet airs of June : 'Twas but a little shrub when first I wreathed amid thy hair Its berries, like the coral crown That the sea-maidens wear.”
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Recorded in: (20th November 1824) Constancy
“Passing thus with time away, The sweet gifts of youth decay ; Fleet their blooms, thus one by one, Till their very form is gone ; Memory left but to declare How beautiful and sweet they were! In the first blue noon of Spring, Who can think on withering?”
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Recorded in: (25th December 1824) Faded Flowers
“I made myself a little boat And launched it on the sea ; And into the wide world went forth To see what there might be.”
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Recorded in: (30th April 1825) Realities
“I have a summer gift, A sunny gift for thee : See this white vase, where blooms A beautiful rose tree. And on its crimson leaves Your heart must moralize, For love a lesson takes Of every leaf that dies.”
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Recorded in: (14th May 1825) Song
“Oh ! never should a woman's words be more Than sighs which have found utterance.”
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Recorded in: (5th June 1825) Portraits I
“Happiness ! pleasure I should rather say, Happiness never made on earth a stay —”
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Recorded in: (5th June 1825) Portraits II
“Who seeing the fair ship That swept through the bright waves. Would dream that tyrants trod her deck, And that her freight was slaves !”
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Recorded in: (20th August 1825) The Slave Ship (under the pen name Iole)
“I would have rather been a slave In fettered bondage by thy side, Than shared in all the world could give, Had it not given thee beside.”
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Recorded in: (1st October 1825) Stanzas
“I would resign the words of praise which now Make my cheek crimson and my pulses beat. Could I but deem that when my heart is cold And my lip passionless, my songs would be Numbered 'mid the young minstrels' first delights, And murmured by the lover where his suit Calls upon poetry to breathe of love.”
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“Life is a torrid day, Parched with the dust and sun ; And death's the calm cool night, When the weary day is done.”
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Recorded in: (17th December 1825) Poetic Fragmants - Fifth Series
“It was a face, with nothing but the blush To mark it from the sculptured features round : As perfect in its beauty ; but the flush Of earthly warmth and earthly feeling crowned The master-piece of nature ;— that rich gush Was from the heart, which thus a language found, The eloquence of truth and silence ever : — Words, sighs, and smiles deceive, but blushes never.”
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Recorded in: (24th December 1825) Metrical Fragments - No.1 Anecdote of Canova (under the pen name Iole)
“Where, oh, where's the chain to fling, One that will chain Cupid's wing— One that will have longer power Than the April sun or shower?”
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Recorded in: (14th January 1826) Lezione per l’Amore
“There's feasting spread in gorgeous halls, The lamps flash round the city walls, And many a flood of lustre falls O'er many an honoured name. Turn thou from this, and enter where Some mother weeps o'er her despair, Some desolate bride rends her rich hair, Some orphan joins the cry ! Then back again to the death plain, Where lie those whom they weep in vain, And ask, in gazing on the slain, What art thou, Victory ?”
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Recorded in: (21st January 1826) Io triumphe (under the pen name Iole)
“Love is divine in our belief Of its eternity — how vain, When we have known that Love can die, To think that he can live again !”
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Recorded in: (4th February 1826) The Past (under the pen name Iole)
“Her likeness ! why it is a vain endeavour To image it. Painting or words may never Say what she was ; yet dwell I on the task, As if that Poesy had a right to ask From Memory its treasure.”
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Recorded in: (25th March 1826) Ianthe. A Portrait (under the pen name Iole)
“The morning Sun arose — Still the festal board was spread — Still hosts and guests were round ; But hosts and guests were dead !”
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Recorded in: (22nd April 1826) The Death-Feast (under the pen name Iole)
“Which is the best, Beauty and glory in a passionate clime, Mingled with thunder, tempest; — or the calm Of skies that scarcely change — which, at the least, If much of shine they have not, have no storms?”
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Recorded in: (20th May 1826) Life
“We seek—we find— And find the charm has with the search declined. Affections—pleasures—all in which we trust, — What do they end in ?—Nothing, or disgust.”
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Recorded in: (1st July 1826) Moralising