Poem by Letitia Elizabeth Landon

The Power of Words

'Tis a strange mystery, the power of words!
Life is in them, and death. A word can send
The crimson colour hurrying to the cheek,
Hurrying with many meanings; or can turn
The current cold and deadly to the heart.
Anger and fear are in them; grief and joy
Are on their sound; yet slight, impalpable:—
A word is but a breath of passing air. 

1. Ideal Likenesses. Ariadne
2. The Reply of the Fountain
3. The Tournament
4. The Nameless Grave
5. Song (I wrote my name upon the sand)

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