Who is James H. Cousins

James Henry Cousins (22 July 1873 – 20 February 1956) was an Anglo-Irish writer, playwright, actor, critic, editor, teacher and poet. He used several pseudonyms, including Mac Oisín and the Hindu name Jayaram.

Life

Cousins was born at 18, Kevor Street in Belfast, Ireland, the descendant of Huguenot refugees. His father was James Cousins, a mariner, and Susan, née Davis. Largely self-educated at night schools, he worked some time as a clerk became private secretary and speechwriter to Sir Daniel Dixon, 1st Baronet, the Lord Mayor of Belfast. In 1897 he moved to Dublin where he became part of a literary circle which included William Butler Yeats, George William Russell and James Joyce. He is believed to have served as a model for the Little Chandler character ...
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James H. Cousins Poems

• The Wings Of Love
  I will row my boat on Muckross Lake when the grey of the dove
  Comes down at the end of the day; and a quiet like prayer
  Grows soft in your eyes, and among your fluttering hair
  The red of the sun is mixed with the red of your cheek....
• A Curse On A Closed Gate
  Be this the fate
  Of the man who would shut his gate
  On the stranger, gentle or simple, early or late.
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• Kelly_obara: stanley dunham's distant cousins include six u.s. presidents - and another president who is dunham's grandson: james madison, harry truman, lyndon johnson, jimmy carter, george h. w. bush and george w. bush, plus barack obama, his grandson. ts a family affair, y'all been lied to.
• Jhamby: michael paine and john kerry are 3rd cousins: michael r. paine (1928-2018), son of ruth forbes (1903-1998), daughter of ralph e. forbes, son of william h. forbes (1840-1897). john kerry (1943-), son of rosemary i. forbes, daughter of james g. forbes, son of william h. forbes.
• Politygovupsc: it was margaret cousins, wife of educationist dr. james henry cousins, who composed the tune for “jana gana mana”. dr.j h cousins was then the principal of the madanapalle college that was established by dr. annie besant. 4/4
• Matheuspn2: "stanley dunham's distant cousins include six u.s. presidents - and another president who is dunham's grandson: james madison, harry truman, lyndon johnson, jimmy carter, george h. w. bush and george w. bush, plus barack obama, his grandson."

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