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James Stephens

1882–1950

James Stephens (1882–1950) was an Irish poet and storyteller, born in Dublin, best known for the fantasy The Crock of Gold (1912). His poetry collections include Insurrections (1909) and The Hill of Vision (1912).

His verse mixes Irish humour, pity for the poor and a mystical sense of wonder. The poems here come from Untermeyer's Modern British Poetry (1920).

Poems (25)

  1. The Shell
  2. What Tomas an Buile Said in a Pub
  3. To the Four Courts, Please
  4. The Coolun
  5. The Clouds
  6. The Red-Haired Man's Wife
  7. Hate
  8. The Watcher
  9. The Seeker
  10. The Fullness of Time
  11. The Breath of Life
  12. In the Poppy Field
  13. In the Cool of the Evening
  14. The Lonely God
  15. The Rivals
  16. The Goat Paths
  17. The Snare
  18. In Woods and Meadows
  19. Deirdre
  20. The Fifteen Acres
  21. Check
  22. Westland Row
  23. The Turn of the Road
  24. A Visit from Abroad
  25. The Waste Places

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