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Letitia Elizabeth Landon on Fame

1802–1838 England

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O dream of fame, what hast thou been to me
But the destroyer of life's calm content!

The Golden Violet (1827)

It is the veriest madness man
In maddest mood can frame,
To feed the earth with human gore,
And then to call it fame.

I am vain—praise is opium, and the lip
Cannot resist the fascinating draught,
Though knowing its excitement is a fraud—
Delirious—a mockery of fame.

The Venetian Bracelet (1829)

I am a woman:—tell me not of fame.

The Venetian Bracelet (1829)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Letitia Elizabeth Landon (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.