Letitia Elizabeth Landon Quote

The sudden start, the rapid step once more,—
As if it would annihilate the time:—
But who may paint the solitude of crime?


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


The sudden start, the rapid step once more,— As if it would annihilate the time:— But who may paint the solitude of crime?

The sudden start, the rapid step once more,— As if it would annihilate the time:— But who may paint the solitude of crime?

The sudden start, the rapid step once more,— As if it would annihilate the time:— But who may paint the solitude of crime?

The sudden start, the rapid step once more,— As if it would annihilate the time:— But who may paint the solitude of crime?