James Flecker
James Flecker
James Elroy Fleckerwas an English poet, novelist and playwright. As a poet he was most influenced by the Parnassian poets...
days dream forget gone half home remember wandering
Half to forget the wandering and pain,/ Half to remember days that have gone by,/ And dream and dream that I am home again!
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.
flowers gardener gathered night
For one night or the other night / Will come the Gardener in white, and gathered flowers are dead, Yasmin.
business man save soul worth
The poet's business is not to save the soul of man but to make it worth saving.
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.