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James Elroy Flecker

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English poet (1884-1915)

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1884-11-05
Active to
1915-01-03

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Total plays
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James Elroy Flecker (5 November 1884 – 3 January 1915) was an English poet, novelist and playwright. As a poet he was most influenced by the Parnassian poets. Born on 5 November 1884 in Lewisham, London, and baptised Herman Elroy Flecker, Flecker later chose to use the first name "James", either because he disliked the name "Herman" or to avoid confusion with his father. "Roy", as his family called him, was educated at Dean Close School, Cheltenham, where his father was the headmaster, and late

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Quotes

  • I care not if you bridge the seas,   Or ride secure the cruel sky,Or build consummate palaces   Of metal or of masonry.But have you wine and music still,   And statues and a bright-eyed love,And foolish thoughts of good and ill,   And prayers to them who sit above?
  • O friend unseen, unborn, unknown,  Student of our sweet English tongue,Read out my words at night, alone:  I was a poet, I was young.
  • West of these out to seas colder than the Hebrides      I must go    Where the fleet of stars is anchored and the young      Star captains glow.
  • We who with songs beguile your pilgrimage:    And swear that Beauty lives though lilies die, We Poets of the proud old lineage    Who sing to find your hearts, we know not why.
  • When even lovers find their peace at last, And Earth is but a star, that once had shone.
  • When the great markets by the sea shut fastAll that calm Sunday that goes on and on:When even lovers find their peace at last,And Earth is but a star, that once had shone.

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