Because our lives are cowardly and sly, Because we do not d… - James Stephens

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Because our lives are cowardly and sly,
Because we do not dare to take or give,
Because we scowl and pass each other by,
We do not live; we do not dare to live.

James Stephens

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James Stephens (9 February 1880 – 26 December 1950) was an Irish novelist, broadcaster and poet, now best known for his fantasy novel The Crock of Gold. James Joyce thought so highly of him he considered asking him to complete Finnegans Wake.

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I would think
Until I found
Something
I can never find;
– Something
Lying
On the ground,
In the bottom
Of my mind.

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The duty of a lyrical poet is not to express or explain, it is to intensify life.

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