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English poetry Quotes

Four of the best book quotes about english poetry
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“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.”
02
“Bring me some Figgie Hobbin!” - a Cornish plum pudding which is both sweet and savoury - orders the old King of Cornwall.
03
“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.”
04
“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.”
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