Letitia Elizabeth Landon

“ Been named Count Rodolph's bride;
Alas! now for her woman's love,
And for her woman's pride.
She felt it was their fathers' act,
In which he had no part,
Though they may give the hand away,
They cannot give the heart. ”

“ Once, only once, that wreath is worn,—once only may she wear
The pale white wreath of orange-flowers within her shining hair;
They wear, upon their soft wan bloom, the shade of coming years;
The spiritual presence is around of human hopes and fears. ”

“ BY L. E. L.
Or all the things that angels see,
Who look from heaven above,
There cannot be a sweeter thing
Than is a sister's love.
It groweth in our early years,
It shareth in their light ”