Tis something, if in absence we can see The footsteps of the past: it soothes the heart To breathe the air scented in other years By lips beloved; to wander through the groves Where once we were not lonely. (Letitia Elizabeth Landon)

Tis something, if in absence we can see The footsteps of the past: it soothes the heart To breathe the air scented in other years By lips beloved; to wander through the groves Where once we were not lonely.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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