The First Doubt
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
Youth, love, and rank, and wealth — all these combined,
Can these be wretched ? Mystery of the mind,
Whose happiness is in itself; but still
Has not that happiness at its own will.
She felt too wretched with the sudden fear —
Had she such lovely rival, and so near?
Ay, bitterest of the bitter this worst pain,
To know love's offering has been in vain ;
Rejected, scorn'd, and trampled under foot,
Its bloom and leaves destroyed, but not its root.
" He loves me not !" — no other words nor sound
An echo in the lady's bosom found :
It was a wretchedness too great to bear,
She sank before the presence of despair !
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Submitted by Madeleine Quinn on November 29, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 620 |
Words | 115 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
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