Around his neck a ribbon clung, Close to his heart a picture hung : I saw the face - it was not mine ; I saw, too, a small dagger shine, A curious toy - you know the rest. (Letitia Elizabeth Landon)

Around his neck a ribbon clung, Close to his heart a picture hung : I saw the face - it was not mine ; I saw, too, a small dagger shine, A curious toy - you know the rest.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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