Letitia Elizabeth Landon

“ How the heart of childhood dances
Upon a sunny day!
It has its own romances,
And a wide, wide world have they!
A world where phantasie is king,
Made all of eager dreaming,—
When once grown up and tall ”

“ This plate does not appear in The Book of Gems but was attached to the poem later. The poem appeared in The Court Journal, 8th August 1835, with the description: Lines Suggested by the Engraving of Landseer’s Picture. This engraving is not currently freely available for reproduction.
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD.
Come back, come back together,
All ye fancies of the past,
Ye days of April weather,
Ye shadows that are cast
By the haunted hours before! ”