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    English Poems: "A wholesome oblivion of one's neighbours is the beginning of wisdom."
    English Poems: "A wholesome oblivion of one's neighbours is the beginning of wisdom."
    English Poems: "A wholesome oblivion of one's neighbours is the beginning of wisdom."
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    English Poems: "A wholesome oblivion of one's neighbours is the beginning of wisdom."

    By Richard le Gallienne

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    Richard Thomas Gallienne was born in Liverpool on 20th January, 1866.

    His first job was in an accountant's office, but this was quickly abandoned to pursue his first love as a professional writer. His first work, My Ladies’ Sonnets, was published in 1887.

    In 1889 he became, for a brief time, literary secretary to Wilson Barrett the manager, actor, and playwright. Barrett enjoyed immense success with the staging of melodramas, which would later reach a peak with the historical tragedy The Sign of the Cross (1895).

    Le Gallienne joined the staff of The Star newspaper in 1891, and also wrote for various other papers under the pseudonym ‘Logroller’. He contributed to the short-lived but influential quarterly periodical The Yellow Book, published between 1894 and 1897.

    His first wife, Mildred Lee, died in 1894 leaving their daughter, Hesper, in his care.

    In 1897 he married the Danish journalist Julie Norregard. However, the marriage would not be a success. She left him in 1903 and took their daughter Eva to live in Paris. They were eventually divorced in June 1911.

    Le Gallienne now moved to the United States and became resident there.

    On 27th October 1911, he married Mrs. Irma Perry, whose marriage to her first cousin, the painter and sculptor Roland Hinton Perry, had been dissolved in 1904. Le Gallienne and Irma had known each other for many years and had written an article together a few years earlier in 1906.

    Le Gallienne and Irma lived in Paris from the late 1920s, where Irma’s daughter Gwen was by then an established figure in the expatriate bohème. Le Gallienne also added a regular newspaper column to the frequent publication of his poems, essays and other articles.

    By 1930 Le Gallienne’s book publishing career had virtually ceased. During the latter years of that decade Le Gallienne lived in Menton on the French Riviera and, during the war years, in nearby Monaco. His house was commandeered by German troops and his handsome library was nearly sent back to Germany as bounty. Le Gallienne managed a successful appeal to a German officer in Monaco which allowed him to return to Menton to collect his books.

    To his credit Le Gallienne refused to write propaganda for the local German and Italian authorities, and financially was often in dire need. On one occasion he collapsed in the street due to hunger.

    Richard Thomas Gallienne died on 15th September 1947. He is buried in Menton in a grave whose lease is, at present, due to expire in 2023.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPortable Poetry
    Release dateJun 14, 2018
    ISBN9781787800229
    English Poems: "A wholesome oblivion of one's neighbours is the beginning of wisdom."

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      English Poems - Richard le Gallienne

      English Poems by Richard Le Gallienne

      Richard Thomas Gallienne was born in Liverpool on 20th January, 1866.

      His first job was in an accountant's office, but this was quickly abandoned to pursue his first love as a professional writer. His first work, My Ladies’ Sonnets, was published in 1887.

      In 1889 he became, for a brief time, literary secretary to Wilson Barrett the manager, actor, and playwright. Barrett enjoyed immense success with the staging of melodramas, which would later reach a peak with the historical tragedy The Sign of the Cross (1895).

      Le Gallienne joined the staff of The Star newspaper in 1891, and also wrote for various other papers under the pseudonym ‘Logroller’. He contributed to the short-lived but influential quarterly periodical The Yellow Book, published between 1894 and 1897.

      His first wife, Mildred Lee, died in 1894 leaving their daughter, Hesper, in his care.

      In 1897 he married the Danish journalist Julie Norregard. However, the marriage would not be a success. She left him in 1903 and took their daughter Eva to live in Paris. They were eventually divorced in June 1911.

      Le Gallienne now moved to the United States and became resident there.

      On 27th October 1911, he married Mrs. Irma Perry, whose marriage to her first cousin, the painter and sculptor Roland Hinton Perry, had been dissolved in 1904. Le Gallienne and Irma had known each other for many years and had written an article together a few years earlier in 1906.

      Le Gallienne and Irma lived in Paris from the late 1920s, where Irma’s daughter Gwen was by then an established figure in the expatriate bohème.  Le Gallienne also added a regular newspaper column to the frequent publication of his poems, essays and other articles.

      By 1930 Le Gallienne’s book publishing career had virtually ceased. During the latter years of that decade Le Gallienne lived in Menton on the French Riviera and, during the war years, in nearby Monaco. His house was commandeered by German troops and his handsome library was nearly sent back to Germany as bounty. Le Gallienne managed a successful appeal to a German officer in Monaco which allowed him to return to Menton to collect his books.

      To his credit Le Gallienne refused to write propaganda for the local German and Italian authorities, and financially was often in dire need.  On one occasion he collapsed in the street due to hunger.

      Richard Thomas Gallienne died on 15th September 1947.  He is buried in Menton in a grave whose lease is, at present, due to expire in 2023.

      Index of Contents

      Epistle Dedicatory

      ENGLISH POEMS

      To the Reader

      I. PAOLO AND FRANCESCA,

      II. YOUNG LOVE―

      I. Preludes,

      II. Prelude―'I make this rhyme,'

      III. 'But, Song, arise thee on a greater wing,'

      IV. Once,

      V. The Two Daffodils,

      VI. 'Why did she marry him?'

      VII. The Lamp and the Star,

      VIII. Orbits,

      IX. Never―Ever,

      X. Love's Poor,

      XI. Comfort of Dante,

      XII. A Lost Hour,

      XIII. Met once more,

      XIV. A June Lily,

      XV. Regret

      XVI. Love Afar

      XVII. Canst thou be true across so many miles?

      Postscript

      III. COR CORDIUM―

      To my Wife, Mildred

      The Destined Maid: a Prayer

      With some old Love Verses

      In a copy of Mr. Swinburne's Tristram

      Comfort at Parting

      Happy Letter

      Primrose and Violet

      'Juliet and her Romeo,'

      In her Diary

      Two Parables

      A Love Letter

      In the Night

      The Constant Lover

      The Wonder-Child

      IV. MISCELLANEOUS―

      The House of Venus

      Satiety

      What of the Darkness?

      Ad Cimmerios

      Old Love Letters

      Death in a London Lodging

      Time Flies

      So soon Tired

      Autumn

      A Frost Fancy

      The World is Wide

      Saint Charles!

      Good-Night

      Beatrice

      A Child's Evensong

      An Epitaph on a Goldfish

      Beauty Accurst

      To a Dead Friend

      Sunset in the City

      The City in Moonlight

      V. OF POETS AND POETRY―

      Inscriptions

      The Décadent to his Soul

      To a Poet

      The Passionate Reader to his Poet

      Matthew Arnold

      'Tennyson' at the Farm

      'The Desk's Dry Wood,'

      A Library in a Garden

      On the Morals of Poets

      Faery Gold

      All Sung

      Corydon's Farewell to his Pipe

      Richard Le Gallienne – A Concise Bibliography

      EPISTLE DEDICATORY

      Dear Sister: Hear the conclusion of the whole matter. You dream like mad, you love like tinder, you aspire like a star-struck moth―for what? That you may have little lyrics, and sell to a publisher for thirty pieces of silver.

      Hard by us

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