James Kenneth Stephen

thumb|James Kenneth Stephen James Kenneth Stephen (25 February 1859 – 3 February 1892) was an English poet, and tutor to Prince Albert Victor, eldest son of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales. Quotes There were two good fellows I used to know.  —How distant it all appears!We played together in football weather,  And messed together for years:Now one of them's wed, and the other's dead  So long that he's hardly missedSave by us, who messed with him years ago:  But we're all in the old School List. "The Old School List". Quo Musa Tendis? (1891) Lapsus Calami (1891) 1st ed. (April 1891) Will there never come a seasonWhich shall rid us from the curse?Of a prose which knows no reasonAnd an unmelodious verse:When the world shall cease to wonderAt the genius of an Ass,And a boy's eccentric blunderShall not bring success to pass:When mankind shall be deliveredFrom the clash of magazines,And the inkstand shall be shiveredInto countless smithereens:When there stands a muzzled stripling,Mute, beside a muzzled bore:When the Rudyards cease from KiplingAnd the Haggards Ride no more. "To R. K." In short, if your body or mind  Or your soul or your purse come to grief,You need only get drunk, and you'll find  Complete and immediate relief. "Drinking Song" First published in The Reflector (January 1891) 4th ed. (August 1891) To see Good Tennis! What divine joyCan fill our leisure, or our minds employ?Let other people play at other things;The King of Games is still the Game of Kings. "Parker's Piece" (19 May 1891) I do not want to see that girl again:I did not like her: and I should not mindIf she were done away with, killed, or ploughed.She did not seem to serve a useful end:And certainly she was not beautiful. "Men and Women", I: "In the Backs" Republic of the West,  Enlightened, free, sublime,Unquestionably best  Production of our time. "England and America", I: "On a Rhine Steamer" External links Author:James Kenneth Stephen Category:Poets from England Category:1892 deaths Category:1859 births Category:People educated at Eton College Category:University of Cambridge alumni Category:Suicides