And this is the sum of our mortal state,
The hopes we number,—
Feverish waking, danger, death,
And listless slumber.


The Battle Field - The Venetian Bracelet (1829)

Letitia Elizabeth Landon Quotes

And this is the sum of our mortal state, The hopes we number,— Feverish waking, danger, death, And listless slumber.

And this is the sum of our mortal state, The hopes we number,— Feverish waking, danger, death, And listless slumber.

And this is the sum of our mortal state, The hopes we number,— Feverish waking, danger, death, And listless slumber.

And this is the sum of our mortal state, The hopes we number,— Feverish waking, danger, death, And listless slumber.