James Kenneth Stephen quotes

Will there never come a season Which shall rid us from the curse? Of a prose which knows no reason And an unmelodious verse: When the world shall cease to wonder At the genius of an Ass, And a boy's eccentric blunder Shall not bring success to pass: When mankind shall be delivered From the clash of magazines, And the inkstand shall be shivered Into countless smithereens: When there stands a muzzled stripling, Mute, beside a muzzled bore: When the Rudyards cease from Kipling And the Haggards Ride no more. (James Kenneth Stephen)
There were two good fellows I used to know. --How distant it all appears! We played together in football weather, And messed together for years: Now one of them's wed, and the other's dead So long that he's hardly missed Save by us, who messed with him years ago: But we're all in the old School List. View quote
James Kenneth Stephen
To see Good Tennis! What divine joy Can fill our leisure, or our minds employ? Let other people play at other things; The King of Games is still the Game of Kings. View quote
James Kenneth Stephen
Republic of the West, Enlightened, free, sublime, Unquestionably best Production of our time. View quote
James Kenneth Stephen
In short, if your body or mind Or your soul or your purse come to grief, You need only get drunk, and you'll find Complete and immediate relief. View quote
James Kenneth Stephen
I do not want to see that girl again: I did not like her: and I should not mind If she were done away with, killed, or ploughed. She did not seem to serve a useful end : And certainly she was not beautiful. View quote
James Kenneth Stephen

James Kenneth Stephen

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Occupation: English Poet
Born: February 25, 1859
Died: February 3, 1892
Quotes count: 6
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