Letitia Elizabeth Landon,
Landon in The Literary Gazette 1828
(1828)
“ SIR ADALBERT: BALLAD. Sir Adalbert, Sir Adalbert, why dost thou pass the wine? The foam-beads are like diamonds upon a ruby shrine; Why dost thou bend thy gloomy brow so oft upon thy sword? Why dost thou guard such sullen mood beside the festal board? "Mine eye is best upon my sword, because the Cross is there; And I’ve a brow of care, for well it suits the heart of care. ”
Letitia Elizabeth Landon,
Landon in The Literary Gazette 1828
(1828)
“ The Crescent triumphed o'er the Cross,— Well may thy cheek grow red. Still have a few in warfare stood Around the mountain brow;— I have not spared my strength and blood— And I am dying now! ”
Letitia Elizabeth Landon,
Landon in The Literary Gazette 1828
(1828)
“ You know the colours that I wore whene'er I rode the ring; You know the soft eyes that were wont their sidelong glance to fling; You know the Lady Adela, my own sweet sovereign dame, When every knight rode up and kissed his goblet to her name. ”
