Letitia Elizabeth Landon Quote

I heard them hymn his name—his power,—
I heard them, and I smiled;
How could they say the earth was ruled
By but a sleeping child?


L'Amore Dominatore from Literary Souvenir, 1826 - The Vow of the Peacock (1835)


I heard them hymn his name—his power,— I heard them, and I smiled; How could they say the earth was ruled By but a sleeping child?

I heard them hymn his name—his power,— I heard them, and I smiled; How could they say the earth was ruled By but a sleeping child?

I heard them hymn his name—his power,— I heard them, and I smiled; How could they say the earth was ruled By but a sleeping child?

I heard them hymn his name—his power,— I heard them, and I smiled; How could they say the earth was ruled By but a sleeping child?