The Daily Poem: The Half of Life (To Barry Humphries)

For copyright reasons we are not able to provide the full text of the poem on this database. Following are the details of the publication in which it appears.

This poem appears in Barry Humphries Bepraisements on his Birthday compiled by Ken Thomson and published privately by Enitharmon Press. It is a specially compiled collection of tributes to Barry Humphries who celebrates his 60th birthday today. The poem also appears in Stephen Spender's new collection, Dolphins (Faber). This is printed by kind permission of Sir Stephen Spender who also celebrates his 85th birthday on 28 February.