Hope is love's happiness, but not its life;- How many hearts have nourished a vain flame In silence and in secret, though they knew They fed the scorching fire that would consume them! (Letitia Elizabeth Landon)

Hope is love's happiness, but not its life;- How many hearts have nourished a vain flame In silence and in secret, though they knew They fed the scorching fire that would consume them!

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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