The first, the very first; oh! none
Can feel again as they have done;
In love, in war, in pride, in all
The planets of life's coronal,
However beautiful or bright,-
What can be like their first sweet light? (Letitia Elizabeth Landon)

The first, the very first; oh! none Can feel again as they have done; In love, in war, in pride, in all The planets of life's coronal, However beautiful or bright,- What can be like their first sweet light?

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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