She sleeps!—so sleeps the wretch beside the stake:
She sleeps!—how dreadful from such sleep to wake!


Title poem, section V. - The Venetian Bracelet (1829)

Letitia Elizabeth Landon Quotes

She sleeps!—so sleeps the wretch beside the stake: She sleeps!—how dreadful from such sleep to wake!

She sleeps!—so sleeps the wretch beside the stake: She sleeps!—how dreadful from such sleep to wake!

She sleeps!—so sleeps the wretch beside the stake: She sleeps!—how dreadful from such sleep to wake!

She sleeps!—so sleeps the wretch beside the stake: She sleeps!—how dreadful from such sleep to wake!