James Elroy Flecker

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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    O friend unseen, unborn, unknown,
    Student of our sweet English tongue,
    Read out my words at night, alone:
    I was a poet, I was young.
    —James Elroy Flecker (1884–1919)

    To read between the lines was easier than to follow the text.
    —Henry James (1843–1916)

    O friend unseen, unborn, unknown,
    Student of our sweet English tongue,
    Read out my words at night, alone:
    I was a poet, I was young.
    —James Elroy Flecker (1884–1919)

    And Space with gaunt grey eyes and her brother Time
    Wheeling and whispering come,
    —James Elroy Flecker (1884–1919)