Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes - page 22

For wishes are effectual but by will, And that too much is impotent and void In frail humanity; and time steals by Sinful and wavering, and unredeem'd. (Letitia Elizabeth Landon)
Again he was thrown upon his resources; which have always appeared to me the very worst things on which an unfortunate individual can be thrown in the way of amusement. View quote
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In the east the day was reddening, When the warriors pass'd; In the west the night was deadening, As they looked their last; As they looked their last on him - He, their comrade - their commander - He, the earth's adored - He, the godlike Alexander! Who can wield his sword? As they went their eyes were dim, The silver-shielded warriors, The warriors of the world! View quote
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It is a gem which hath the power to show If plighted lovers keep their faith or no : If faithful, it is like the leaves of spring; If faithless, like those leaves when withering. View quote
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Is there some nameless boding sent, Like a noiseless voice from the tomb?- A spirit note from the other world, To warn of death and doom? View quote
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Those sweet, vague sounds are on the air, Half sleep, half song--half false, half true, As if the wind that brought them there Had touched them with its music too. View quote
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[Alvine] Oh, that sweet ring of graceful figures! one Flings her white arms on high, and gaily strikes Her golden cymbals - I can almost deem I hear their beatings; one with glancing feet Follows her music, while her crimson cheek Is flushed with exercise, till the red grape 'Mid the dark tresses of a sister nymph Is scarcely brighter; there another stands, A darker spirit yet, with joyous brow, And holding a rich goblet. View quote
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Mysterious enthusiasm, Love! The heart's supremest power;-which doth combine Within itself religion, poetry, And heroism. View quote
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In this consists the difference between painting and poetry : the painter reproduces others, - the poet reproduces himself. View quote
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Rode by radiant shapes that seem Creatures made of bloom and beam, With their hair and plumes' gay dyes Glorious as the morning skies. View quote
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The shadow of the church falls o'er the ground, Hallowing its place of rest; and here the dead Slumber, where all religious impulses, And sad and holy feelings, angel like, Make the spot sacred with themselves, and wake Those sorrowful emotions in the heart Which purify it, like a temple meet For an unearthly presence. Life, vain Life, The bitter and the worthless, wherefore here Do thy remembrances intrude? (Letitia Elizabeth Landon)
A woman whose lover resigns her, and as if for her own sake, though without consulting her, is placed in a most awkward situation. What can she do? Take him at his word? That is easy to say, but hard to do, when all the hopes and affections are garnered in his love. View quote
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But as old tradition tells, There are other, deeper, spells In the lone and mystic wells - Spells of strange wild augury Few have had the heart to try. View quote
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These are thy bridal flowers I am now wreathing; This is thy marriage hymn I am now breathing. View quote
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Ah, tell me not that memory sheds gladness o'er the past, what is recalled by faded flowers, save that they did not last? View quote
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Whatever people in general do not understand, they are always prepared to dislike; the incomprehensible is always the obnoxious. View quote
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Enthusiasm is the divine particle in our composition: with it we are great, generous, and true; without it, we are little, false, and mean. View quote
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All sweeping assertions are erroneous. View quote
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How disappointment tracks the steps of hope. View quote
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We need to suffer, that we may learn to pity. View quote
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... absence is The moonlight of affection . (Letitia Elizabeth Landon)
Alas ! alas ! too often conscience sleeps, When pleasure's syren numbers lull its rest.-. View quote
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'Tis soothing, oh ! most soothing to the heart, To rove 'mid scenes where once we have been blest! Each tree, each blossom, has a thrilling charm; They seem memorials of those happier hours : The very sigh that tells they are no more, Is sweet unto the spirit; former days, And former feelings, rise upon the soul, Dear as they once have been. View quote
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... Oh! burning are the drops That wounded love will shed-like to the dew Falling from off the poison tree, the blight Still following the touch ;-ah ! other tears Soften and bless-but these destroy the heart. View quote
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Thou, Poetry, in absence wert a chain, Binding our hearts together: where so well As in thy numbers, could I pour my soul, In soothing tenderness? 'twas bliss, to make Thought visible to those of whom I thought. View quote
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