Letitia [or Laetitia] Elizabeth Landon

The popular nineteenth-century poet and novelist Letitia Elizabeth Landon, known as L. E. L., was born in Chelsea, England in 1803. Her father was a partner in a company called Adair and Co., which supplied the army

Astrologer, The

by Letitia [or Laetitia] Elizabeth Landon (1802–38)

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Alas! for our ancient believings,

We have nothing now left to believe;

The oracle, augur, and omen

No longer dismay and deceive.

All hush'd are the oaks of Dodona;

No more on the winds of the north,

As it sways to and fro the huge branches,

The voice of the future comes forth.

No more o'er the flow'r-wreathed victim

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