Vance Thompson

Vance Thompson (April 17, 1863 – June 5, 1925) was an American literary critic, novelist, poet and low-carbohydrate diet writer.

Quotes

• 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.
  • "A Little Song"; M'lle New York, vol. 2, no. 1 (November 1898), n.p.
  • Variants: 'has' for 'hath' (1915)

• Nature never says anything to a child. To read its message one must look at it with eyes already old.
  • The Ego Book (1914), ch. 2

External links

• E. C. Stedman (ed.) An American Anthology (Houghton Mifflin Co., 1900), p. 689
• The Ego Book (New York: E. P Dutton & Co., 1914), p. 37
• Verse: The Night Watchman and Other Poems (New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1915), p. 24