Quote#Wisdom
I know
Quote byAdelaide Crapsey · 1878–1914
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Verses (1915), Amaze.
English (original)
I know Not these my hands And yet I think there was A woman like me once had hands Like these.
— Adelaide Crapsey
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