STEPHENS (James, 1880-1950, Irish Novelist and Poet)

Autograph Poem in pencil signed with a small sketch of a mouse above his signature titled “For all young brides” the poem is “When a son you shall desire / Pray to water, and to fire; But, when you would have a daughter ‘ Pray to fire, and then to water...”, 1 side 4to., no place, no date

Stephens produced many retellings of Irish myths. His retellings are marked by a rare combination of humour and lyricism. He also wrote several original novels based loosely on Irish wonder tales. He began his career as a poet under the tutelage of poet and painter Æ (George William Russell). His first book of poems, Insurrections, was published in 1909. His last book, Kings and the Moon (1938), was also a volume of verse.
Stephens's influential account of the 1916 Easter Rising, Insurrection in Dublin, describes the effect of the deaths by execution of his friend Thomas MacDonagh and others as being "like watching blood oozing from under a door".

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Stock No:  42185      £275

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