Mary C. M. Phillips

May I reach

George Eliot aka Mary Anne Evans

That purest heaven, be to other souls

The cup of strength in some great agony,

enkindle generous ardour, feed pure love,

Be the sweet presence of a good diffused,

And in diffusion ever more intense!

So shall I join the choir invisible

Whose music is the gladness of the world.

 – George Eliot