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Jan Struther

I lived from 1901-1953. I was from England, and am in the English category.

(Joyce Maxtone Graham, 1901-1953)

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  • The Last Adventure
    You think yourselves the adventurous ones, you young ones,
    And us becalmed, torpid, our days uneventful,
    25 lines
  • Knowledge
    THEY are wrong. It is not the knowing of good from evil,
    Virtue from vice,
    8 lines
  • The Blunder
    Some god, quite irresponsible and young,
    Has jumbled time and place and dealt amiss:
    13 lines
  • Treasure
    She said, 'I have no need for treasure,
    For brooches and for jewelled rings.'
    19 lines
  • Sleeveless Errand
    THROUGH space and time I range
      Seeking these two alone:
    13 lines
  • Dandelion
    Sir Daniel was a fearless knight;
    In doublet green he went to fight.
    19 lines
  • Lament In Spring
    NOT much longer now
    Will the eye see
    35 lines
  • The Golden Touch
    King Midas saw a buttercup
    In a meadow blowing;
    15 lines
  • The Comet
    ACROSS our universe of steady stars,
    Of maypole planets tethered to the sun,
    6 lines
  • Saint Valentine
    Saint Valentine looked down from heaven
    Upon his own especial day,
    33 lines
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