Walter Scott Quote

"What remains?" cried Ivanhoe; "Glory, maiden, glory! which gilds our sepulchre and embalms our name."


Ch. 29, Ivanhoe to Rebecca, who questions the value of chivalry and has asked what remains for knights when death takes them. - Ivanhoe (1819)


What remains? cried Ivanhoe; Glory, maiden, glory! which gilds our sepulchre and embalms our name.

What remains? cried Ivanhoe; Glory, maiden, glory! which gilds our sepulchre and embalms our name.

What remains? cried Ivanhoe; Glory, maiden, glory! which gilds our sepulchre and embalms our name.

What remains? cried Ivanhoe; Glory, maiden, glory! which gilds our sepulchre and embalms our name.