Letitia Elizabeth Landon Quote

Look upon that hour-marked round,
Listen to that fateful sound ;
There my silent hand is stealing.
My more silent course revealing ;
Wild, devoted Pleasure, hear, —
Stay thee on thy mad career !

(27th July 1822) Sketches from Drawings by Mr. Dagley. Sketch the First. Time arresting the Career of Pleasure. - The London Literary Gazette - 1821-1822