Imagination's truth is from its power:
Man's genius can create when nature's felt;
He copies when he deems that he invents. (Letitia Elizabeth Landon)

Imagination's truth is from its power: Man's genius can create when nature's felt; He copies when he deems that he invents.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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