James Elroy Flecker (5 November 1884 – 3 January 1915) was an English poet, novelist and playwright. As a poet he was most influenced by the Parnassian poets.
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“They know time comes, not only you and I,
But the whose world shall whiten, here or there;”
—James Elroy Flecker (1884–1919)
“We who with songs beguile your pilgrimage
And swear that Beauty lives though lilies die,
We Poets of the proud old lineage
Who sing to find your hearts, we know not why,”
—James Elroy Flecker (1884–1919)
“The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.”
—William James (1842–1910)
“For lust of knowing what should not be known,
We take the Golden Road to Samarkand.”
—James Elroy Flecker (1884–1915)
“And some to Meccah turn to pray, and I toward thy bed, Yasmin.”
—James Elroy Flecker (1884–1915)