Charles Maturin Quote

Beauty hath no lustre save when it gleameth through the crystal web that purity's fine fingers weave for it.


Betram, Or, The Castle of St. Aldobrand: A Trgedy... (ed. 1816)


Beauty hath no lustre save when it gleameth through the crystal web that purity's fine fingers weave for it.

Beauty hath no lustre save when it gleameth through the crystal web that purity's fine fingers weave for it.

Beauty hath no lustre save when it gleameth through the crystal web that purity's fine fingers weave for it.

Beauty hath no lustre save when it gleameth through the crystal web that purity's fine fingers weave for it.