Statues to whose rest seem'd given
Not the life of earth but heaven ;
For each statue here enshrined
What in the immortal mind
Makes its beauty and its power -
Genius's eternal dower :. (Letitia Elizabeth Landon)

Statues to whose rest seem'd given Not the life of earth but heaven ; For each statue here enshrined What in the immortal mind Makes its beauty and its power - Genius's eternal dower :.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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