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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    They know time comes, not only you and I,
    But the whose world shall whiten, here or there;
    —James Elroy Flecker (1884–1919)

    When you have broken the reality into concepts you never can reconstruct it in its wholeness.
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    For lust of knowing what should not be known,
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    And some to Meccah turn to pray, and I toward thy bed, Yasmin.
    —James Elroy Flecker (1884–1915)