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An echo of music, a face in the street, the wafer of the new moon, a wanton thought - only in the iridescence of things the vagabond soul is happy.

Logan Pearsall Smith

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Logan Pearsall Smith
Age: 80 †
Born: 1865
Born: October 18
Died: 1946
Died: March 2
Author
Literary Critic
Writer
Millville
New Jersey
Lloyd Logan Pearsall Smith
Faces
Wanton
Happy
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Thought
Echoes
Soul
Street
Music
Moon
Iridescence
Things
Streets
Wafer
Hair
Vagabond
Face
Vagabonds

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