To what may youth's first joyance be compared ?
To daylight, and the glad song of the lark
Bursting together, - to a sudden gush
Of perfume, till the giddy senses link
With overmuch delight,- a dream,- a tale
Of Paradise, told in fair poesy. (Letitia Elizabeth Landon)

To what may youth's first joyance be compared ? To daylight, and the glad song of the lark Bursting together, - to a sudden gush Of perfume, till the giddy senses link With overmuch delight,- a dream,- a tale Of Paradise, told in fair poesy.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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