Quote#Children
Bring me your children hither
Quote byWilliam Vaughn Moody · 1869–1910
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Fire-Bringer (1904), Prometheus, in Act II..
English (original)
Bring me your children hither. … Unto this twain, man-child and womanchild, I give the passion of this element; This seed of longing, substance of this love; This power, this purity, this annihilation. Let their hands light the altar of the world. 'T is yours forever. I have brought it home!
— William Vaughn Moody
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