For wishes are effectual but by will,
And that too much is impotent and void
In frail humanity; and time steals by
Sinful and wavering, and unredeem'd.


A Summer Evening's Tale - The Venetian Bracelet (1829)

Letitia Elizabeth Landon Quotes

For wishes are effectual but by will, And that too much is impotent and void In frail humanity; and time steals by Sinful and wavering, and...

For wishes are effectual but by will, And that too much is impotent and void In frail humanity; and time steals by Sinful and wavering, and...

For wishes are effectual but by will, And that too much is impotent and void In frail humanity; and time steals by Sinful and wavering, and...

For wishes are effectual but by will, And that too much is impotent and void In frail humanity; and time steals by Sinful and wavering, and...