J. C. Squire Quotes

British poet, writer, historian, and literary editor (1884-1958)

Sir John Collings Squire (2 April 1884 – 20 December 1958) was a British poet, writer, historian, and influential literary editor of the post-World War I period.

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Alternative Names: John Collings Squire • John Squire • Sir John Collings Squire • J.C.Squire

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Now there once was a lass, and a very pretty lass,
And she was an isotope's daughter

It did not last: the devil, shouting "Ho.
Let Einstein be," restored the status quo.

And I've swallowed, I grant, a beer of lot -
But 'I'm not so think as you drunk I am.

God heard the embattled nations sing and shout
"Gott strafe England" and "God save the King!"
God this, God that, and God the other thing –
"Good God!" said God, "I've got my work cut out!"

The better production of our generation has been mainly lyrical and it has been widely diffused.

At last incapable of further harm,
The lewd forefathers of the village sleep.

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