Quote#World
The Men! O what venerable and reverend creatures did the aged seem!…
Quote byThomas Traherne · 1636–1674
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Centuries of Meditations, Third Century, sect. 3..
English (original)
The Men! O what venerable and reverend creatures did the aged seem! Immortal Cherubims! And young men glittering and sparkling Angels, and maids strange seraphic pieces of life and beauty! Boys and girls tumbling in the street, and playing, were moving jewels. I knew not that they were born or should die; But all things abided eternally as they were in their proper places.
— Thomas Traherne
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