George Eliot Quote

There comes a night when all too late
The mind shall long to prompt the achieving hand,
The eager thought behind closed portals stand,
And the last wishes to the mute lips press
Buried ere death in silent helplessness.


The Legend of Jubal (1869)


There comes a night when all too late The mind shall long to prompt the achieving hand, The eager thought behind closed portals stand, And the last...

There comes a night when all too late The mind shall long to prompt the achieving hand, The eager thought behind closed portals stand, And the last...

There comes a night when all too late The mind shall long to prompt the achieving hand, The eager thought behind closed portals stand, And the last...

There comes a night when all too late The mind shall long to prompt the achieving hand, The eager thought behind closed portals stand, And the last...