STEPHENS, James (1882-1950). Irish poet and novelist.
Autograph manuscript, signed at the head, of an early poem, 'Rain', 18 lines on 1 page 8vo (browned and laid down), dated June 1911.

'Down through the air
The rain is falling everywhere
Each house & tree
In every little place that you can see
The rain drops go
The roofs are wet the walls the ground below
What can it be
Makes the wide heavens sob so bitterly ...'

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