Sunday, June 28, 2009

James Stephens (1882-1950) -

GENEROSITY

Let the man who has and doesn't give
Break his neck and cease to live.
Let him who gives without a care
Gather rubies from the air.

or was it "Let he who ..."? Easy to memorise so I didn't write it down. Now my memory and my grasp of grammar fail me. Ná bac leis.
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Barry Breen said...

Hey, great blog. James Stephen had a great line of invective - "That lanky hank of a she in the inn over there etc.' Maybe you could find some more. Maybe also you would find something of interest in my blog - www.poemanswers.info. Cheers.

12:32 pm
Barry Breen said...

I left a comment; it disappeared. It was along the lines of: Great blog. James Stephen had a fine line of invective - "That lanky hank of a she in the inn over there" etc. Maybe you can find some more and post it. Maybe also you'd enjoy my poetry blog on www.poemanswers.info. Cheers.

12:36 pm
Jemmy Hope said...

Thanks, friend. As you see your original comment was not lost. I do like that poem, "A Glass of Beer", I think it's called. I've found a website, www.poemanswers.com
is that the one?

1:31 pm

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