| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 5958 |
| AUTHOR: | Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd (17951854) |
| QUOTATION: | 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. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Ion. Act i. Sc. 1. |
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