Spare us the hint of slightest desecration,
Spotless preserve us an untainted shrine;
Not for thy sake, oh goddess of creation,
Not for thy sake, oh woman, but for mine.

(C) James Kenneth Stephen
03/08/2017


Best Poems of James Kenneth Stephen

• A Sonnet (two Voices Are There)
• A Sonnet
• 4th July 1882, Malines. Midnight
• The Last Ride Together (after Browning)
• Drinking Song
• Men And Women
• To R. K.
• England And America
• The Ballade Of The Incompetent Ballade-monger
• After The Golden Wedding (three Soliloquies)
• My Education
• Steam-launches On The Thames
• Wordsworth
• Of F.w.h.m. To One That Smokes
• The Old School List
• The Philosopher And The Philanthropist
• Cynicus To W. Shakespeare
• The Millennium
• School