Edward Bulwer-Lytton
British statesman and author (1803–1873)
1803–1873, born in London
- Born
- 25 May 1803
- Birthplace
- London
- Died
- 18 January 1873
From their work
There is no society, however free and democratic, where wealth will not create an aristocracy.
Read the opening of The Last Days of Pompeii · about 1 min
Buy my flowers--O buy--I pray! The blind girl comes from afar; If the earth be as fair as I hear them say, These flowers her children are! Do they her beauty keep? They are fresh from her lap, I know; For I caught them fast asleep In her arms an hour ago. With the air which is her breath-- Her soft and delicate breath-- Over them murmuring low!
On their lips her sweet kiss lingers yet, And their cheeks with her tender tears are wet. For she weeps--that gentle mother weeps-- (As morn and night her watch she keeps, With a yearning heart and a passionate care) To see the young things grow so fair; She weeps--for love she weeps; And the dews are the tears she weeps From the well of a mother's love!
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