"...by the door, he put the heavy simpering figure of an angel.
...it had come from Carrara in Italy, and it held a
stone lily delicately in one hand.
The other hand was lifted in benediction,
it was poised clumsily upon the ball of one phthisic foot,
and its stupid white face wore a smile of soft stone idiocy."
From Look Homeward, Angel
Forward to William Oliver Wolfe, Thomas Wolfe’s Father.
The angel now stands in Oakdale Cemetery in Hendersonville, NC
...it had come from Carrara in Italy, and it held a
stone lily delicately in one hand.
The other hand was lifted in benediction,
it was poised clumsily upon the ball of one phthisic foot,
and its stupid white face wore a smile of soft stone idiocy."
From Look Homeward, Angel
Forward to William Oliver Wolfe, Thomas Wolfe’s Father.
The angel now stands in Oakdale Cemetery in Hendersonville, NC
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