Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quote

When the dust of death has choked a great man's voice, the common words he said turn oracles, the common thoughts he yoked like horses draw like griffins.


Prometheus Bound: And Other Poems; Including Sonnets from the Portuguese, Casa Guidi Windows, Etc (ed. 1851)


When the dust of death has choked a great man's voice, the common words he said turn oracles, the common thoughts he yoked like horses draw like...

When the dust of death has choked a great man's voice, the common words he said turn oracles, the common thoughts he yoked like horses draw like...

When the dust of death has choked a great man's voice, the common words he said turn oracles, the common thoughts he yoked like horses draw like...

When the dust of death has choked a great man's voice, the common words he said turn oracles, the common thoughts he yoked like horses draw like...