Humbert Wolfe Zitate

“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.”

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Humbert Wolfe

"Over the Fire", from The Uncelestial City (London: Victor Gollancz, 1930) p. 30.

“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?”

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Humbert Wolfe

"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.”

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Humbert Wolfe

"Betelgeuse", from The Unknown Goddess (London: Methuen, [1925] 1927) p. 34.