There’s a one-eyed yellow idol to the north of Khatmandu, There’s a little marble cross below the town, There’s a broken-hearted woman tends the grave of Mad Carew, And the Yellow God forever gazes down.
J. Milton Hayes Quotes
It is no use describing a house; the reader will fix the scene in some spot he knows himself.
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| Birth: | 1884 |
| Death: | 1940 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Actor, Poet |
About
J. Milton Hayes was born in Chorlton, Manchester, England. He was an English actor and poet, best known for his 1911 dramatic monologue The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God, much parodied by his contemporary Stanley Holloway and later by The Goon Show. He also wrote and performed many other monologues.
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