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It seems to me there are no rules, only instances; but perhaps that is because I learned no rules, and am only an instance myself.
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It's no use crying over spilt evils. It's better to mop them up laughing.
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Old sundial, you stand here for Time:
For Love, the vine that round your base
Its tendrils twines, and dares to climb
And lay one flower-capped spray in grace
Without the asking on your cold
Unsmiling and unfrowning face.
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His tail was a fountain.
His nostrils were caves.
His mane and his forelock
Were musical waves.
He neighed like a trumpet.
He cooed like a dove.
He was stronger than terror
And swifter than love.
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The world never knows, and cannot for the life of it imagine, what this man sees in that maid and that maid in this man. The world cannot think why they fell in love with each other. But they have their reason, their beautiful secret, that never gets told to more than one person; and what they see in each other is what they show to each other; and it is the truth. Only they kept it hidden in their hearts until the time came. And though you and I may never know why this lane is called Shelley's, to us both it will always be the greenest lane in Sussex, because it leads to the special secret I spoke of.
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Out upon you, Jerry! Jerry, you're a pity!
Jerry, turn about and plant a garden in the City!
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Upon your shattered ruins where
This vine will flourish still, as rare,
As fresh, as fragrant as of old.
Love will not crumble.
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In Fleet Street, in Fleet Street, the People are so fleet
They barely touch the cobble-stones with their nimble feet!
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It always gives me a shiver when I see a cat seeing what I can't see.
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From the blood of Medusa
Pegasus sprang.
His hoof of heaven
Like melody rang.
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Once she kissed me with a jest,
Once with a tear —
O where's the heart was in my breast,
And the ring was in my ear?
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Morning has broken,
Like the first morning,
Blackbird has spoken
Like the first bird.
Praise for the singing!
Praise for the morning!
Praise for them springing
Fresh from the Word!
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Water, Loo! water, Loo! fetch me some water!
There isn't a drop for a mile and a quarter!
The ground is so hard and the ground is so dry
I'm frightened my little red rose-bush will die.
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Praise with elation,
Praise every morning,
God's re-creation
Of the new day!
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Of troubles know I none,
Of pleasures know I many —
I rove beneath the sun
Without a single penny.
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Once Upon a Time,
Once Upon a Time!
Everything that happened, happened
Once Upon a Time!
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The little White Chapel
Is ringing its bell
With a ring-a-ding-dong,
All day long
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He loved her, both for her fault and her redemption of it, more than he had ever thought that he could love her; for he had believed that in their kiss love had reached its uttermost. But love has no uttermost, as the stars have no number and the sea no rest.
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Of what use to destroy the children of evil? It is evil itself we must destroy at the roots.
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Alas! why were we born to woe and bliss
If life had no more need of us than this?
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Eleanor Farjeon
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Born:
February 13, 1881
Died:
June 5, 1965
(aged 84)
Bio:
Eleanor Farjeon was an English author of children's stories and plays, poetry, biography, history and satire. Several of her works had illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Some of her correspondence has also been published.
Known for:
The Little Bookroom (1955)
Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard (1921)
Elsie Piddock skips in her sleep (1937)
Cats sleep anywhere
Nursery rhymes of London town (1916)
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