1887, Various, The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland Chapter , Palms of vict'ry thou shall bear, And a crown of fadeless light Will be given thee to wear, And a robe of spotless white.
1892, Herman Melville, White Jacket Chapter , That look is the fadeless, ever infantile immortality within.
1910, Helen Keller, The Song of the Stone Wall Chapter , But ever as they saw the budding spring, Ever as they cleared the stubborn field, Ever as they piled the heavy stones, In mystic vision they saw, the eternal spring; They raised their hardened hands above the earth, And beheld the walls that are not built of stone, The portals opened by angels whose garments are of light; ... And beyond the radiant walls of living stones They dreamed vast meadows and hills of fadeless green.
