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Vance Thompson

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• “I weep those dead lips, white and dry, On which no kisses lie, Those eyes deserted of desire, And love’s soft fire. I weep the folded feet and hands, Held fast in linen bands; Still heart, cold breasts—for them my dole: God hath the soul.”

  Vance Thompson (1863–1925) first seen 1898 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 sourceWrong language?

  Recorded in: A Little Song"; M'lle New York, vol. 2, no. 1 (November 1898), n.p.

• “Nature never says anything to a child. To read its message one must look at it with eyes already old.”

  Vance Thompson (1863–1925) first seen 1914 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 sourceWrong language?

  Recorded in: The Ego Book (1914), ch. 2