English poetry Quotes

“Down in the water-meadows Riley, spread his wash on the bramble-thorn, sat, one foot in the moving water, bare as the day that he was born.”

“Bring me some Figgie Hobbin!” - a Cornish plum pudding which is both sweet and savoury - orders the old King of Cornwall.

“Candid was his curling whisker, brown his body as an old tree-limb, blue his eyes as the jay above him watching him watch the minjies swim.”

“When spring comes, it’s time for the root children wake up; snowdrop, forget-me-not, buttercup, daisy and poppy to wake up! There are new dresses to sew, and insects to be painted.”