“The glory of the king of all the kings.
You with the golden power on your brows,
You kings, I think you know not what you are.
First you shall learn yourselves: for neither light
Understandeth itself, nor darkness light.”

Emblems of Love (1912)

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Poet, academic, literary critic 1881–1938

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