James Stephens Quote

A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find.


Collected poems (ed. 1954)


A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find.

A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find.

A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find.

A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find.