Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes - page 25

One moment he is at her knee, "So, Leila, wouldst thou weep for me ?” Started she, as at lightning gleam,- "O, Mirza, this I did not dream! Moslem and Moor, may Spanish maid Hearken such words as thou hast said?”. (Letitia Elizabeth Landon)
How much I loved the painter's glorious art, which forms A world like, but more beautiful than this; Just catching nature in her happiest mood! View quote
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But music is a mystery, and viewless Even when present, and is less man's act, And less within his order; for the hand That can call forth the tones, yet cannot tell Whither they go, or if they live or die, When floated once beyond his feeble ear. View quote
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O dream of fame, what hast thou been to me But the destroyer of life's calm content! View quote
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Down she bent Her head upon an arm so white that tears Seem'd but the natural melting of its snow, Touch'd by the flush'd cheek's crimson. View quote
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And here at length is somewhat of revenge: For man's most golden dreams of pride and power Are vain as any woman-dreams of love; Both end in weary brow and wither'd heart, And the grave closes over those whose hopes Have lain there long before. View quote
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Deceit is this world's passport: who would dare, However pure the breast, to lay it bare? View quote
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And all o'er heaven is that clear blue The stars so love to wander through. They're rising from the silent deep, Like bright eyes opening after sleep. View quote
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But o'er CYRENE'S cheek the rose, Like moon-touch'd water, ebbs and flows; And eyes that droop like Summer flowers Told they could change with shine and showers. View quote
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Alas! vows are his after sign!- We prop the tree in its decline- The ghosts that haunt a parting hour, With all of grief, and nought of power; A chain half sunder'd in the making,- The plighted vow's already breaking. View quote
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I am a woman:-tell me not of fame. (Letitia Elizabeth Landon)
I did not choose my gift:-too soon my heart, Watch-like, had pointed to a later hour Than time had reach'd: and as my years pass'd on, Shadows and floating visions grew to thoughts, And thoughts found words, the passionate words of song, And all to me was poetry. View quote
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I speak of my own feelings-I can judge Of others but by outward show, and that Is falser than the actor's studied part. We dress our words and looks in borrow'd robes: The mind is as the face-for who goes forth In public walks without a veil at least? View quote
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I may be kind, And meet with kindness, yet be lonely still; For gratitude is not companionship.-. View quote
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A weight is on the air, for ev'ry breeze Has, bird-like, folded up its wings for sleep. View quote
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Spirit, that ruleth man's life to its ending, Chance, Fortune, Fate, answer my summoning now; The storm o'er the face of the night is descending,- Fair moon, the dark clouds hide thy silvery brow. Let these bring thy answer, and tell me if sadness For ever man's penance and portion must be; Doth the morning come forth from a birthplace of gladness? Is there peace, is there rest, in thine empire or thee? View quote
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'Tis well: the rack, the chain, the wheel, Far better had'st thou proved; Ev'n I could almost pity feel, For thou art not beloved. View quote
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In this our social state, where petty cares And mercenary interests only look Upon the present's littleness, and shrink From the bold future, and the stately past,-. View quote
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But song has touch'd my lips with fire, And made my heart a shrine; For what, although alloy'd, debased, Is in itself divine. View quote
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Another year, another year,- Alas! and must it be That Time's most dark and weary wheel Must turn again for me? View quote
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Strange, that ignorance should be our best happiness in this life, and yet be the one we are ever striving to destroy ! (Letitia Elizabeth Landon)
Poverty is a terrible thing when it bows to the very ground the pride of the strong man-a terrible thing when it leaves old age destitute: till, the strong man may yet redeem his fortunes, and that old age may have had enjoyment while it was capable of enjoying. But a child, with the step slow from weakness, which from its age should be so buoyant; a cheek thin and white from hunger, at a period which especially cares for food (for all children are greedy); a form shrivelled with cold; a growth stopped by work too laborious for such tender years; a spirit broken by toil, want, and harshness; -is not such a child poverty's most miserable spectacle? It is, however, a common one. View quote
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Good and evil ! good and evil ! ye are mingled inextricably in the web of our being ; and who may unthread the darker yarn ? View quote
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What a mistake rage is ! anger should never go beyond a sneer, if it really desires revenge. View quote
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What a falsehood it is to say that genius and industry are incompatible ! Does one work of genius exist that has not also been a work of labour ? View quote
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