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About Richard Le Gallienne
Richard Thomas Le Gallienne (1866β1947) was an English man of letters, closely associated with the literary world of London in the 1890s; after that he lived in the US, without altering his period style. The American actress Eva Le Gallienne (1899β1991) was his daughter, by his second marriage.
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βYea, howso we dream,
Or how bravely we do;
The end is the same,
Be we traitor or true:
And after the bloom
And the passion is past
Death comes at last.β
Or how bravely we do;
The end is the same,
Be we traitor or true:
And after the bloom
And the passion is past
Death comes at last.β
βDear Sister, You dream like mad, you love like tinder, you aspire like a star-struck moth - for what? That you may hive little lyrics, and sell to a publisher for thirty pieces of silver.β
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Richard Le Gallienne on Alchemy
βAnd mark yon alchemist, with zodiac-spangled zone, Wrenching the mandrake root that fattens in the gloom.β
Richard Le Gallienne on Maid
βO print-clad damsel, fresh and fair, Bending above the threshold there On supple knees and swaying line, And honeyed curveβdear maid, be mine.β
Richard Le Gallienne on Autumn
βThird act of the eternal play! In poster-like emblazonries "Autumn once more begins today"β 'Tis written all across the trees In yellow letters like Chinese.β
Richard Le Gallienne on Greatness
βGreat is advertisement! 'tis almost fate; But, little mushroom-men, of puff-ball fame. Ah, do you dream to be mistaken great And to be really great are just the same?β
Richard Le Gallienne on Adultery
βI saw a little burnished fly Within my Mistressβ bodice lie, Sipping lovely stolen sweets From her ample rosy teats. βSmall adulterer,β said I, βDost thou know where thou dost lie? ββTis my ladyβs bosom fine, βAnd thou dost sip what is not thine.ββ
About Richard Le Gallienne
Richard Thomas Le Gallienne (1866β1947) was an English man of letters, closely associated with the literary world of London in the 1890s; after that he lived in the US, without altering his period style. The American actress Eva Le Gallienne (1899β1991) was his daughter, by his second marriage.