James Stephens

(9 February 1882 - 26 December 1950 / Dublin)

poet James Stephens
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James Stephens Poems

1. The Old Man 5/10/2012
2. The Cow 5/10/2012
3. Insurrections 5/10/2012
4. O'Bruaidar 5/10/2012
5. What the Devil Said 3/30/2016
6. The Cherry Tree 5/10/2012
7. The Secret 5/10/2012
8. The Devil's Bag 5/10/2012
9. The Coral Island 5/10/2012
10. The Horse 5/10/2012
11. The Turn Of The Road 5/10/2012
12. What The Snake Saw 5/10/2012
13. Midnight 5/10/2012
14. The Wood Of Flowers 5/10/2012
15. Blue-Blood 5/10/2012
16. Strict Joy 5/10/2012
17. The White Wido 5/10/2012
18. Behind The Hill 5/10/2012
19. White Fields 5/10/2012
20. In The Orchard 5/10/2012
21. The Shell 5/10/2012
22. Breakfast Time 5/10/2012
23. Westland Row 3/27/2010
24. Righteous Anger 3/27/2010
25. The Fifteen Acres 3/27/2010
26. April Showers 5/10/2012
27. A Visit From Abroad 3/27/2010
28. The Glass Of Beer 3/27/2010
29. The Coolun 3/27/2010
30. The Goat Paths 3/27/2010
31. In The Cool Of The Evening 1/1/2004
32. The Daisies 3/27/2010
33. The Spring In Ireland: 1916 3/27/2010
34. The Wind 3/27/2010
35. The Lonely God 1/1/2004
36. In The Poppy Field 1/1/2004
37. Check 3/27/2010
38. I Heard A Bird At Dawn 1/1/2004
39. Hate 1/1/2004
40. The Snare 3/27/2010

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  • Aylish (4/13/2018 10:18:00 AM)

    Does anyone know the poem by James Stephens 'O Ghost, that has gone away'? I need to check a text.

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  • Jenny (12/13/2017 4:05:00 AM)

    In the forth line of the poem Check I believe the word should be stole not sole. I had to memorise this at school back in the early 60's and the word was stole.

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  • Careful with that dogma, my karma might hit it . (7/1/2006 6:06:00 AM)

    Where is the brilliant James Stephens poem 'The Shell'? It should be here. The simple act of putting a shell to the ear caused him to produce a truly wonderful poem.

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Best Poem of James Stephens

I Heard A Bird At Dawn

I heard a bird at dawn
Singing sweetly on a tree,
That the dew was on the lawn,
And the wind was on the lea;
But I didn't listen to him,
For he didn't sing to me.

I didn't listen to him,
For he didn't sing to me
That the dew was on the lawn
And the wind was on the lea;
I was singing at the time
Just as prettily as he.

I was singing all the time,
Just a prettily as he,
About the dew upon the lawn
And the wind upon the lea;
So I didn't listen to him
As he sang upon a tree.

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The Lonely God

So Eden was deserted, and at eve
Into the quiet place God came to grieve.
His face was sad, His hands hung slackly down
Along his robe; too sorrowful to frown
He paced along the grassy paths and through
The silent trees, and where the flowers grew
Tended by Adam. All the birds had gone
Out to the world, and singing was not one
To cheer the lonely God out of His grief --

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