Poetical Fragments from Ethel Churchill Volume III/The Charm Gone

by Letitia Elizabeth Landon

CHAPTER II.

RANELAGH.

I did not wish to see his face,
    I knew it could not be;
Though not a look had altered there,
    What once it was to me.

Since last we met, a fairy spell
    Had been from each removed;
How strange it is that those can change
    Who were so much beloved!

It is a bitter thing to know
    The heart's enchantment o'er;
But 'tis more bitter still to feel
    It can be charmed no more!

Blanchard’s title is:

THE CHARM GONE