Saturday, December 12, 2009

Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind


" How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd ... [3]" - Alexander Pope


The line "Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind" is echoed by Byron in "Eternal Spirit of the chainless Mind", the opening line of his The Prisoner of Chillon.

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