Quote#Nature
Thou inmost, ultimate
Quote byAlice Meynell · 1847–1922
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Poems (1913), "To the Body", p. 111.
English (original)
Thou inmost, ultimate Council of judgment, palace of decrees Where the high senses hold their spiritual state, Sued by earth's embassies, And sign, approve, accept, conceive, create.
— Alice Meynell
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