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Humbert Wolfe
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“The children play At hide and seek About the monument To Speke. And why should the dead Explorer mind Who has nothing to seek And nothing to find?”
Humbert Wolfe (1885–1940) first seen 1924 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speke", from Kensington Gardens (London: Ernest Benn, [1924] 1927) p. 50.
“Space is a wind that does not blow On Betelgeuse and time – oh time – is a bird, Whose wings have never stirred The golden avenues of leaves On Betelgeuse.”
Humbert Wolfe (1885–1940) first seen 1925 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Betelgeuse", from The Unknown Goddess (London: Methuen, [1925] 1927) p. 34.
“You cannot hope to bribe or twist, thank God! the British journalist.But, seeing what the man will do unbribed, there's no occasion to.”
Humbert Wolfe (1885–1940) first seen 1930 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Over the Fire", from The Uncelestial City (London: Victor Gollancz, 1930) p. 30.