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.

3 comments:

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.

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.

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?