Late have I loved you, beauty so ancient and so new.

What it means

Augustine came to faith in his thirties after years of searching in the wrong places. He grieves the lost time but rejoices that it was not too late. Whatever you find late, love it now with everything you have.

The source

"Late have I loved you, beauty so ancient and so new." Augustine of Hippo said it in Confessions 10.27.38. Translated by E. B. Pusey, 1838.

"Too late loved I Thee, O Thou Beauty of ancient days, yet ever new"

E. B. Pusey, 1838, Confessions 10.27.38. Text read at gutenberg.org.

Who said it

Augustine of Hippo (354–430). North African bishop and philosopher. His Confessions, written in Latin around 400, is the first great autobiography in the West.

Questions

What does "Late have I loved you, beauty so ancient and so new." mean?

Augustine came to faith in his thirties after years of searching in the wrong places. He grieves the lost time but rejoices that it was not too late. Whatever you find late, love it now with everything you have.

Who said "Late have I loved you, beauty so ancient and so new."?

Augustine of Hippo (354–430). Source: Confessions 10.27.38.

What is the original wording?

Too late loved I Thee, O Thou Beauty of ancient days, yet ever new (E. B. Pusey, 1838). Translated by E. B. Pusey, 1838.

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