So his life has flowed From its mysterious urn a sacred str… - Thomas Talfourd

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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 Talfourd

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Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd (May 26, 1795 – March 13, 1854) was an English judge and author.

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Native Name: Thomas Noon Talfourd

Alternative Names: Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd

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James Russell Lowell Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry van Dyke Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton John Greenleaf Whittier

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With good men, not so absolute in goodness
As to forget what human frailty is.

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