There was a grave just closed. Not one seemed near, To pay the tribute of one long-last tear! How very desolate must that one be, Whose more than grave has not a memory! (Letitia Elizabeth Landon)

There was a grave just closed. Not one seemed near, To pay the tribute of one long-last tear! How very desolate must that one be, Whose more than grave has not a memory!

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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