Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Letitia Elizabeth Landon, English poet and novelist, better known by her initials L.E.L...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth14 August 1802
disappointment track steps
How disappointment tracks the steps of hope.
dream dust sea
The dream on the pillow, That flits with the day, The leaf of the willow A breath wears away; The dust on the blossom, The spray on the sea; Ay,--ask thine own bosom-- Are emblems of thee.
flower car done
I never cast a flower away, A gift of one who car'd for me; A flower--a faded flower, But it was done reluctantly.
believe thinking giving
I would give worlds, could I believe One-half that is profess'd me; Affection! could I think it Thee, When Flattery has caress'd me.
ears flattery praise
Alas! the praise given to the ear Ne'er was nor ne'er can be sincere.
men envy may
In our road through life we may happen to meet with a man casting a stone reverentially to enlarge the cairn of another which stone he has carried in his bosom to sling against that very other's head.
imagination solitude doubt
Social life is filled with doubts and vain aspirings; solitude, when the imagination is dethroned, is turned to weariness and ennui.
giving soul affection
Oh, only those whose souls have felt this one idolatry can tell how precious is the slightest thing affection gives and hallows.
confidence fearless thee
Thou know'st how fearless is my trust in thee.
winning loses
So much to win, so much to lose, No marvel that I fear to choose.
ignorance way young
But ignorance is happiness,When young Hope is to show the way
sleep angel feet
Alas! we makeA ladder of our thoughts, where angels step,But sleep ourselves at the foot: our high resolvesLook down upon our slumbering acts.
strong men despair
Hard are life's early steps; and but that youth is buoyant, confident, and strong in hope, men would behold its threshold, and despair.
broken-heart tears dew
Delicious tears! The heart's own dew.