James Elroy Flecker was a British poet born on November 5, 1884, and died on January 3, 1915. His poetry is known for its rich imagination and unique style.
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“For pines are gossip pines the wide world through And full of runic tales to sigh or sing.”
Source: Selected poems
“For lust of knowing what should not be known, we take the Golden Road to Samarkand.”
“And some to Meccah turn to pray, and I toward thy bed, Yasmin.”
Source: The Leysin Version of James Elroy Flecker's Hassan
“The poet's business is not to save the soul of man but to make it worth saving.”