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The poet's business is not to save the soul of man but to make it worth saving. - James Flecker Quotes

The poet's business is not to save the soul of man but to make it worth saving.

West of these out to seas colder than the Hebrides I must go, / Where the fleet of stars is anchored and the young star-captains glow. - James Flecker Quotes

West of these out to seas colder than the Hebrides I must go, / Where the fleet of stars is anchored and the young star-captains glow.

It was so old a ship - who knows, who knows? / And yet so beautiful, I watched in vain / To see the mast burst open with a rose / And the whole deck put on its leaves again. - James Flecker Quotes

It was so old a ship - who knows, who knows? / And yet so beautiful, I watched in vain / To see the mast burst open with a rose / And the whole deck put on its leaves again.

A ship, an isle, a sickle moon - / With few but with how splendid stars / The mirrors of the sea are strewn / Between their silver bars. - James Flecker Quotes

A ship, an isle, a sickle moon - / With few but with how splendid stars / The mirrors of the sea are strewn / Between their silver bars.

Moon

For pines are gossip pines the wide world through. - James Flecker Quotes

For pines are gossip pines the wide world through.

I have seen old ships sail like swans asleep / Beyond the village which men still call Tyre. - James Flecker Quotes

I have seen old ships sail like swans asleep / Beyond the village which men still call Tyre.

Men

When the great markets by the sea shut fast / All that calm Sunday that goes on and on: / When even lovers find their peace at last,/ And Earth is but a star, that once had shone. - James Flecker Quotes

When the great markets by the sea shut fast / All that calm Sunday that goes on and on: / When even lovers find their peace at last,/ And Earth is but a star, that once had shone.

Half to forget the wandering and pain,/ Half to remember days that have gone by,/ And dream and dream that I am home again! - James Flecker Quotes

Half to forget the wandering and pain,/ Half to remember days that have gone by,/ And dream and dream that I am home again!

Neon strikes on England, noon on Oxford town,Beauty she was statue cold - there's blood upon her gown. - James Flecker Quotes

Neon strikes on England, noon on Oxford town,Beauty she was statue cold - there's blood upon her gown.

Read out my words at night, alone: I was a poet, I was young - James Flecker Quotes

Read out my words at night, alone: I was a poet, I was young

Night

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