I’m a good scholar when it comes to reading but a blotting kind of writer when you give me a pen. - John Millington Synge

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I’m a good scholar when it comes to reading but a blotting kind of writer when you give me a pen.

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About John Millington Synge

John Millington Synge (April 16, 1871 – March 24, 1909) was an Irish dramatist, poet, prose writer, and collector of folklore. He was a key figure in the Irish Literary Revival and was one of the cofounders of the Abbey Theatre. He is best known for the play The Playboy of the Western World, which caused riots in Dublin during its opening run at the Abbey.

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Alternative Names: J. M. Synge • Edmund John Millington Synge • John M. Synge
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I knew the stars, the flowers, and the birds,
The gray and wintry sides of many glens,
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In converse with the mountains, moors, and fens.
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