Quote#Beauty
So his life has flowed
Quote byThomas Talfourd · 1795–1854
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Ion (1835), Act i. Sc. 1..
English (original)
So his life has flowed From its mysterious urn a sacred stream, In whose calm depth the beautiful and pure Alone are mirrored; which, though shapes of ill May hover round its surface, glides in light, And takes no shadow from them.
— Thomas Talfourd
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