Placentia is the capital belonging to the ex-Empress Maria Louisa ; she arrived in it on the same day as we. The city was illuminated on the occasion, and the Duchess at evening went in procession through the town, affording a lesson for ambition to muse upon ; and realizing to our view, the sad features of splendid misery. Her dignity degraded by an alliance she disdained ; or her wodded heart for ever bleeding, while she thinks upon her hope, less separation from the man she loves.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
from Letters from France and Italy by P. Pounden, letter XV, 1830
Placentia is the capital belonging to the ex-Empress Maria Louisa ; she arrived in it on the same day as we. The city was illuminated on the occasion, and the Duchess at evening went in procession through the town, affording a lesson for ambition to muse upon ; and realizing to our view, the sad features of splendid misery. Her dignity degraded by an alliance she disdained ; or her wodded heart for ever bleeding, while she thinks upon her hope, less separation from the man she loves.
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