John Millington Synge
John Millington Synge
Edmund John Millington Syngewas an Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, travel writer and collector of folklore. He was a key figure in the Irish Literary Revival and was one of the co-founders of the Abbey Theatre. He is best known for his play The Playboy of the Western World, which caused riots in Dublin during its opening run at the Abbey Theatre...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth16 April 1871
CountryIreland
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The absence of the heavy boot of Europe has preserved to these people the agile walk of the wild animal, while the general simplicity of their lives has given them many other points of physical perfection.
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A man who is not afraid of the sea will soon be drowned, he said, for he will be going out on a day he shouldn't. But we do be afraid of the sea, and we do only be drownded now and again.
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A translation is no translation, he said, unless it will give you the music of a poem along with the words of it.
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Of the things which nourish the imagination, humour is one of the most needful, and it is dangerous to limit or destroy it.
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