James Kenneth Stephen
Who is 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.
Early life
James Kenneth Stephen was the second son of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, barrister-at-law, and his wife Mary Richenda Cunningham. Known as 'Jem' among his family and close friends, he was first cousin to Virginia Woolf (née Stephen), and shared with his cousin symptoms of bipolar disorder that would afflict him increasingly in later life.
As a youth attending Eton College as a King's Scholar, Stephen's prodigious size and physical strength helped him prove himself an outstanding player of the Eton Wall Game, representing the Collegers (King's Scholars) on St. Andrew's Day from 1874 to...
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James Kenneth Stephen Poems
- Cynicus To W. Shakespeare
You wrote a line too much, my sage,
Of seers the first, and first of sayers;
For only half the world's a stage,
And only all the women players....
- Last Ride Together, The
From Her Point Of View
When I had firmly answered "No,"
...
- Senex To Matt. Prior
Ah! Matt, old age has brought to me
Thy wisdom, less thy certainty;
The world's a jest, and joy's a trinket;
I knew that once, but now I think it....
- School
If there is a vile, pernicious,
Wicked and degraded rule,
Tending to debase the vicious,
And corrupt the harmless fool;
...
- The Millennium
TO R. K.
As long I dwell on some stupendous
...
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- Justsomeguyjohn: “when the rudyards cease from kipling
and the haggards ride no more.”
lines from a poem by james kenneth stephen, contemporary of mr james at cambridge, jack the ripper suspect and cousin to virginia woolf.
buried in kensal green cemetery with his father and grandfather.
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- Plastic_bio: 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.
- james kenneth stephen
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