(urth) Possible Source for the "White Fountain"

[Andy Robertson]

David F. Driscoll writes: 

> 
> "O sun," cried the prophet, "O star that art too great to be allowed among 
> the stars! O fountain that flowest quietly in that secret space that is 
> called space. White Father of all white unwearied things, white flames and 
> white flowers and white peaks. Father, who art more innocent than all thy 
> most innocent and quiet children; primal purity, into the peace of 
> which--" (G.K. Chesteron, "The Eye of Apollo," in _The Father Brown 
> Omnibus_ p. 181).
 

Interesting catch.   I do wonder if Wolfe would not have flagged such a 
referent a bit more explicitly - but it might be the case.