Quote#Death
The children play
Quote byHumbert Wolfe · 1885–1940
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Speke", from Kensington Gardens (London: Ernest Benn, [1924] 1927) p. 50..
English (original)
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
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