'Yet quiet, lowly as a meek white dove, / That with its presence teaches gentleness.'
Title
'Yet quiet, lowly as a meek white dove, / That with its presence teaches gentleness.'
Alt Text Description
Grayscale illustration of a finely dressed woman standing just inside a garden gate surrounded by roses and trees.
Description
The narrator describes Countess Linda as she enters through Agatha’s rose-hung gate, commenting on her angelic beauty and gentle nature.
Illustrator
Unknown
Contributor
Woodward, John Douglas (1846-1924), border designer
Publisher
George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org
Date
1888
Rights
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Work Illustrated
Agatha (Poetry)
Citation
Unknown, 'Yet quiet, lowly as a meek white dove, / That with its presence teaches gentleness.', George Eliot Illustrations Gallery, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/83472
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