James Flecker
James Flecker
James Elroy Fleckerwas an English poet, novelist and playwright. As a poet he was most influenced by the Parnassian poets...
business man save soul worth
The poet's business is not to save the soul of man but to make it worth saving.
asleep beyond call men sail seen ships swans village
I have seen old ships sail like swans asleep / Beyond the village which men still call Tyre.
anchored colder fleet seas stars west
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.
curiously men unwise
What would ye, ladies? It was ever thus. / Men are unwise and curiously planned.
calm earth fast goes great lovers markets peace sea shut sunday
When the great markets by the sea shut fast / All 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.