Quote#Beauty
They come transfigured back
Quote byJames Russell Lowell · 1819–1891
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Ode Recited at the Harvard Commemoration (July 21, 1865), St. 8..
English (original)
They come transfigured back, Secure from change in their high-hearted ways, Beautiful evermore, and with the rays Of morn on their white Shields of Expectation!
— James Russell Lowell
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