And this is the sum of our mortal state, The hopes we number,- Feverish waking, danger, death, And listless slumber. (Letitia Elizabeth Landon)

And this is the sum of our mortal state, The hopes we number,- Feverish waking, danger, death, And listless slumber.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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