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"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."
Thomas Noon Talfourd / Ion. Act i. Sc. 1.

Ion. Act i. Sc. 1.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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"'T is a little thing To give a cup of water; yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drained by fevered lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when nectarean juice Renews the life of joy in happiest hours."
Thomas Noon Talfourd / Ion. Act i. Sc. 2.

Ion. Act i. Sc. 2.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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