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# Landon in The Literary Gazette 1823/Fitzadam

Literary Gazette, 28th June 1823, Page 412
To this account it affords us a melancholy consolation to add a beautiful tribute of talent not unworthy of Fitzadam, and breathing a tone of poetic feeling which will gratefully embalm his memory.
It was a harp just fit to pour
 Its music to the wind and wave,—
He had a right to tell their fame
 Who stood himself amid the brave.
The first time that I read his strain
 There was a tempest on the sky,
And sulphurous clouds, and thunder crash,
 Were like dark ships and battle-cry.
I had forgot my woman's fears,
 In thinking on my country's fame,
Till almost I could dream I saw
 Her colours float o'er blood and flame.
Died the high song as dies the voice
 Of the proud trumpet on the wind;
And died the tempest too, and left
 A gentle twilight hour behind.
Then paused I o'er some sad wild notes,
 Sweet as the spring bird's lay withal.
Telling of hopes and feelings past,
 Like stars that darkened in their fall.
Hopes perishing from too much light,
 "Exhausted by their own excess,"
Affections trusted, till they turned,
 Like Marah's wave, to bitterness.
And is this, then, the curse that clings
 To minstrel hope, to minstrel feeling?
Is this the cloud that destiny
 Flings o'er the spirit's high revealing?
It is—it is! tread on thy way,
 Be base, be grovelling, soulless, cold,
Look not up from the sullen path
 That leads to this world's idol—gold.
And close thy hand, and close thy heart,
 And be thy very soul of clay,
And thou wilt be the thing the crowd
 Will worship, cringe to, and obey.
But look thou upon Nature's face,
 As the young Poet loves to look;
And lean thou where the willow leans,
 O'er the low murmur of the brook.
Or worship thou the midnight sky,
 In silence at its moonlit hour;
Or let a single tear confess
 The silent spell of music's power.
Or love, or feel, or let thy soul
 Be for one moment pure or free,
Then shrink away at once from life,—
 Its path will be no path for thee.
Pour forth thy fervid soul in song—
 There are some that may praise thy lays;
But of all earth's dim vanities,
 The very earthliest is praise.
Praise! light and dew of the sweet leaves
 Around the Poet's temples hung,
How turned to gall, and how profaned
 By envious or by idle tongue!
Given by vapid fools, who laud
 Only if others do the same;
Forgotten even while the breath
 Is on the air that bears your name.
And He! what was his fate, the bard,
 He of the Desert Harp, whose song
Flowed freely, wildly, as the wind
 That bore him and his harp along?
That fate which waits the gifted one,
 To pine, each finer impulse check'd;
At length to sink, and die beneath
 The shade and silence of neglect.
And this the polished age, that springs
 The Phoenix from dark years gone by,
That blames and mourns the past, yet leaves
 Her warrior and her bard to die.
To die in poverty and pride,
 The light of hope and genius past,
Each feeling wrung, until the heart
 Could bear no more, so broke at last.
Thus withering amid the wreck
 Of sweet hopes, high imaginings,
What can the Minstrel do, but die,
 Cursing his too beloved strings!—L. E. L.
# Landon in The Literary Gazette 1823/Fragment 4

Literary Gazette 18th October 1823, Page 667
ORIGINAL POETRY. FRAGMENT.
----------A solitude
Of green and silent beauty, just a home
Where I could wish to weep my life away
In utter loneliness, and never more
Hear human voice, or look on human face.
It is a secret place among the hills:
Little and dark the valley lies below,
And not a taint of earth is on the air,
Which the lip drinks pure as the stream whose source Is hidden here,—large rocks have girthed it in;
All palaces for the eagle are their sides,
Safe or far safer than a sanctuary,—
For even that, though shielded by God's name,
Man holds not sacred. Here at least his power
Is neither felt nor feared. The chamois rests
When harassed, as the powerless ever are;
It flies before the hunter. Small as still,
A skilful archer's bow would send the shaft
Across its utmost boundary, and half
Is covered with dark pines, which in the spring
Send forth sweet odours, even as they felt
As parents do, rejoicing o'er their children
In the green promise of their youthful shoots,
The spreading of their fresh and fragrant leaves.
The other part is thinly scattered o'er
With dwarf oaks, stinted both in leaves and growth.
And in the midst there are two stately firs,
The one dark in its hoary foliage, like
A warrior armed for battle; but the next
Has lost its leafy panoply, the bark
Stripped from the trunk, the boughs left black and bare By some fierce storm to which it would not bend,—
Like a high spirit, proud, though desolate.
At one end is a cavern, musical
With falling waters: roof, and floor, and walls
Are set with sparry gems, snow turned to treasure;
Beyond is black as night, or grief, or death,
And thence there comes a silent stream, which takes
Onward its quiet course, then, through a break,
The only one amid the mountains, goes
Down to the world below. And it should be
My task in fanciful similitudes
To trace a likeness for my destiny.
Those pale blue violets, which in despite
Of snow, or wind, or soil, cling to the rock
In lonely beauty—they are like my love,
My woman's love: it grew up amid cares
And coldness, yet still like those flowers it lived
On in its fragrance: but far happier they,
They rest in their lone home's security,
While, rooted from its dear abode, my love
Was scattered suddenly upon the wind,
To wither and to die. And the blue stream
Will be another emblem: cold and calm
It leaves its dwelling-place,—soon over rocks
Torrents like headlong passions hurry it—
Its waters lose their clearness, weeds and sands
Choke it like evil deeds, and banks upraised
By human art, obstruct and turn its course,
Till, worn out by long wanderings, it seeks,
Its strength gone by, some little quiet nook
Where it may waste its tired waves away.
So in this solitude might I depart,
My death unwatch'd! I could not bear to die,
And yet see life and love in some dear eye. Why should I wish to leave some faithful one
With bleeding heart to break above my grave?
Oh no,—I do but wish to pass away
Unloved and unremembered! L. E. L
# Landon in The Literary Gazette 1823/Floating Beacon

Literary Gazette, 23rd August 1823, Page 540
ORIGINAL POETRY. FRAGMENTS. I.— THE FLOATING BEACON.
Why art thou thus, thou lonely bark,
 The last on the darkling sea?
Why are thy sails to the night-wind spread,
 And why shines that light on thee?
Why art thou here, thou lonely bark,
 When the other ships are gone?
I deemed thee away, with those to-day;
 But still thou art sailing alone.
There came a voice from the lonely bark,
 Or mine own thoughts answered to me:
Spread is my sail to the midnight gale,
 And my light shines lone on the sea;
For my watch is by the shoal and the sand,
 And the rock that is hidden by night,
And many a mariner kneels at home,
 And blesses the beacon light.
Is not my light like that holier light
 That heaven sheds over life's path,
Thought not of, prized not in stillness and shine,
 But welcomed in darkness and wrath!
# Letter to L. Paul Bremer

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A partial letter sent to L. Paul Bremer, with [missing] text
OFFICIAL-INFORMAL  September 2,1979 CONFIDENTIAL
L. Paul Bremer III, Esquire Deputy Executive Secretary Department of State Washington, D.C.
Dear Jerry:
I have been very busy and I'm a bit behind on my correspondence. You've been having your hands full moving into a new job, too, I suppose. I hope Francie and the kids are settling in all right. Sharon, I gather from her letters, is beginning to pace a bit in Michigan; if she can't come out here fairly soon, she will move to Washington when school is out next year. Don't say it: you told me so.
Things are quite exciting in Tehran. Not surprisingly. I am spending 85% of my time helping American businessmen distinquish between revolutionary rhetorical form and back-to-business substance. The Khomeini crowd really seem to want to get the people back to work and they are willing to take the necessary steps (and make the necessary compromises in revolutionary terms) to do it if Americans will modify contracts to reflect the changes wrought by the revolution. I've had some successes, and my problem most often is to convince some of the American players that if they come out here to talk, they won't go up against a wall.
This brings me to goings on in Iran politically. Frankly, I disgree with our position that there is a dual government, i.e. Bazargan and Khomeini. I suspect the dual government analytical construct is popular because it implies we can influence at least part of the policy machinery; to contend that Khomeini is the only real source of power means we then have to explain how we can protect our interests here by only indirect communication through a third party obviously not in sympathy with us on many questions (and itself not all t[missing] plugged in to the people that matter)
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# Letter to Lafayette - March 10, 1781

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SIR,
— Intending that this shall await your arrival in this State I with great joy welcome you on that event. I am induced to from the very great esteem your personal character and the Hopes I entertain of your relieving us from our enemy within this State. Could any circumstances have rendered your presence more desirable or more necessary it is the unfortunate one which obliges me to enclose you the enclosed papers.
I trust that your future Acquaintance with the Executive of the State will evince to you that among their faults is not to be counted a want of dispostion to second the views of the Commander against our common Enemy. We are too much interested in the present scene & have too much at stake to leave a doubt on that Head. Mild Laws, a People not used to prompt obedience, a want of provisions of War & means of procuring them render our orders often ineffectual, oblige us to temporise & when we cannot accomplish an object in one way to attempt it in another. Your knowledge of these circumstances with a temper to accommodate them ensure me your cooperation in the best way we can, when we shall be able to pursue the way we would wish.
I still hope you will find our preparations not far short of the Information I took the Liberty of giving you in my letter of the 8th instant. I shall be very happy to receive your first Applications for whatever may be necessary for the public service and to convince you of our disposition to promote it as far as the Abilities of the State and Powers of the Executive will enable us.
Th:Jefferson
# Letter to King Leopold I of Belgium

Queen Victoria's Letter to King Leoplod I of Belgium from Buckingham Palace (United Kingdom), dated 21 February 1854
"MY DEAREST UNCLE,— ... War is, I fear, quite inevitable. You will have seen that Emperor Nicholas has not given a favourable answer to our Brother Napoleon (which I hear has disappointed him extremely, as he expected very great results from it); and the last proposals or attempts made by Buol. It is to be hoped will not be accepted by Russia, for France and England could not accept them; but if Austria and Prussia go with us— as we hope they will— the War will only be a local one. Our beautiful Guards sail to-morrow. Albert inspected them yesterday. George is quite delighted to have a division... I must now conclude, with Albert's affectionate love. Believe me always, your devoted Niece,
Victoria R
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# Letter to Lord Chesterfield

To The Right Honourable The Earl Of Chesterfield
7th February, 1755.
My Lord, I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of The World, that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre; —that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending; but I found my attendance so little encouraged, that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it. When I had once addressed your Lordship in public, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
Seven years, my lord, have now passed, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.
The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks.
Is not a patron my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it: till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron, which providence has enabled me to do for myself.
Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, My Lord,
Your lordship's most humble, most obedient servant,
Sam. Johnson.
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# Letter to Edward Newman October 1832

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Sir,—I send you a list of some Diptera occurring about Holywood, in the county of Down. Should you think it not unsuited to the pages of the Entomological Magazine, the Notes appended will afford the necessary explanations of the nomenclature adopted, where it differs from that of Meigen or of the published British Catalogues. As I am aware that a bare local catalogue may not seem of sufficient general interest to occupy so many pages, I should probably not have thought of it had time allowed me to offer any contribution of greater labour and detail. Perhaps, however, as referring to a district in this respect nearly unexplored, this list may afford some hints for the advancement of our Insect Geography. I am sorry therefore to present it in so meagre a form, many of the most extensive genera being unexamined in detail. These are indicated by the asterisk prefixed ; and some of them I have thought it better to pass over entirely. Perhaps, however,a few facts may be gleaned from it, such as it is. The total absence of the families of Bombylii and Asili is observable and, considered in connexion with the small proportion which the British species bear to the European in the aggregate, seems a result partially determining the law of progressive distribution among these forms. The disappearance or extreme rarity of the finer genera (the Optimates) among the Tabani,Stratiomydes, Syrphi, &c. may also be remarked, as well as the absence of various conspicuous (and in this point of view more insulated) groups, such as Ctenophora, Aspistes, Pachygaster,Platypeza, Diaphorus, Echinomyia. Gymnosoma, Micropeza, Platystoma, &c. On the other hand, the predominance of particular tribes may afford some indications ;the Dolichopi, as a family, are pretty full (so also the minuter Tipulidae, though not appearing from this catalogue); the Muscidae, of less typical structure (all the genera after Coenosia,or perhaps Scatophaga) are by no means scanty. A few groups seem to approach their culminant point ; Coelopa, a genus unknown to the shores of the continent, and even on the Scanic peninsula confined to one described species, here numbers five or six, all rich in individuals, and exercising no unimportant functions in the economy of nature. Tachypeza arenaria, which sometimes swarms upon our coasts, has many analogies of structure with its companions, the swift-footed but heavy-winged Oryymae and Coelopae, and like them is probably confined to a northern range. Not to detain you further with remarks that may appear obvious or trivial, I will only add my best wishes for the success of your undertaking ; and am, Your very obedient, &c. Alex. Henry Haliday. Clifden, near Holywood, Oct. 1832.
# Lines written in a Boat

* "Lines written near Richmond, upon the Thames, at Evening" in Lyrical Ballads (1798) (How rich the wave, in front, imprest)
* "Lines" in Lyrical Ballads (1800) Volume II. (How rich the wave, in front, imprest)
* "Lines written in a Boat" in Poems (1815) Volume II. (How richly glows the water's breast)
# Ling Su Fan v. United States

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United States Supreme Court
218 U.S. 302
Ling Su Fan v. United States
Argued: October 27, 1910. --- Decided: November 14, 1910
Messrs. J. M. Vale, Marion Butler, and Lionel D. Hargis for plaintiff in error.
[Argument of Counsel from Pages 303-305 intentionally omitted]
Assistant Attorney General Fowler for defendant in error.
[Argument of Counsel from pages 305-307 intentionally omitted]
Mr. Justice Lurton delivered the opinion of the court:

## Notes

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# Link v. Wabash Railroad Company

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## Dissenting Opinion

    Black
United States Supreme Court
370 U.S. 626
William LINK, Petitioner, v. WABASH RAILROAD COMPANY.
Argued: April 3, 1962. --- Decided: June 25, 1962
Jay E. Darlington, Hammond, Ind., for petitioner.
John F. Bodle, Lafayette, Ind., for respondent.
Mr. Justice HARLAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

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# Letting Children be Children/Annex B

Published by the Department of Education in London.
​Annex B
Review approach to process and engagement
The Review has sought to put the parents and children and young people at the heart of its work and to make sure that their opinions are reflected. This has been done in a number of ways:
* An online Call for Evidence from parents, grandparents and carers which received 997 responses. The Call for Evidence ran from 11 February to 18 March 2011 and the results are published as an appendix to this report.
* Qualitative research involving 70 parents was undertaken by Define Research and Insight Ltd.A summary is published as an appendix to this report.
* A presentation by the Children's Commissioner for England's children and young people's advisory group, 'Amplify', sharing the findings from their online survey of over 500 children and young people across England and their weekend residential workshop focusing on commercialisation issues. Details of the questionnaire and findings are available on their website: http://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uldcontent/publications/content_493
* A submission from the Department for Education's Children and Youth Board, summarising the findings of a workshop about commercialisation and sexualisation, held at their residential meeting and facilitated by the National Children's Bureau.
Gathering evidence and views from a diverse range of stakeholders has been a crucial element of the Review. Examples of the positive enagagement of so many to this Review include:
* Launching a Call for Evidence from industry and wider stakeholders, from 11 February to 18 March 2011 which received 120 responses. A list of respondents can be found at Annex D of this report.
* Holding meetings with over 40 stakeholders, (retail, advertising, manufacturers, broadcasters, internet service providers, regulators, academics, and parenting experts). A full list of organisations and individuals interviewed can be found at Annex C of this report.
# Letters to his brother Quintus/3.7

Translated by Evelyn Shuckburgh

## To Q. Tullius Cicero in Gaul
### Tusculum, November 54 BC

At Rome, and especially on the Appian road as far as the temple of Mars, there is a remarkable flood. The promenade of Crassipes has been washed away, pleasure grounds, a great number of shops. There is a great sheet of water right up to the public fish-pond. That doctrine of Homer's is in full play:
    The days in autumn when in violent flood Zeus pours his waters, wroth at sinful men
—for it falls in with the acquittal of Gabinius—
    Who wrench the law to suit their crooked ends And drive out justice, recking naught of Gods.
But I have made up my mind not to care about such things. When I get back to Rome I will write and tell you my observations, and especially about the dictatorship, and I will also send a letter to Labienus and one to Ligurius. I write this before daybreak by the carved wood lamp-stand, in which I take great delight, because they tell me that you had it made when you were at Samos. Good-bye, dearest and best of brothers.

## Footnotes

* ↑ Hom. Il. 16.385.