mistry's fountain is the largest sculptural piece in the square. mistry's winning design for victoria square consists of four sets of works (named "the river", "guardians", "youth" and "object [variations]"), representing youth and eternity. "the river" features a 1.75-tonne bronze statue of a woman, tall, wide and long. the surrounding pool is paved with wattscliff sandstone. engraved in the rim of the upper pool by bettina furneé are the following words from the poem "burnt norton" by t. s. eliot: