Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel (1772–1829) German poet, critic and scholar
quoted in Londhe, S. (2008). A tribute to Hinduism: Thoughts and wisdom spanning continents and time about India and her culture. New Delhi: Pragun Publication.
“Such is the aspect of this shore;
'T is Greece, but living Greece no more!
So coldly sweet, so deadly fair,
We start, for soul is wanting there.”
Source: The Giaour (1813), Line 90.
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