Walter Savage Landor Quote

As the pearl ripens in the obscurity of its shell, so ripens in the tomb all the fame that is truly precious.


The Works of Walter Savage Landor (ed. 1846)


As the pearl ripens in the obscurity of its shell, so ripens in the tomb all the fame that is truly precious.

As the pearl ripens in the obscurity of its shell, so ripens in the tomb all the fame that is truly precious.

As the pearl ripens in the obscurity of its shell, so ripens in the tomb all the fame that is truly precious.

As the pearl ripens in the obscurity of its shell, so ripens in the tomb all the fame that is truly precious.