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Venerable Mother Toothache
Climb down from the white battlements,
Stop twisting in your yellow fingers
The fourfold rope of nerves;
And tomorrow I will give you a tot of whisky
To hold in your cupped hands,
A garland of anise flowers,
And three cloves like nails.


John Heath-Stubbs

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John Heath-Stubbs

John Heath-Stubbs

Born: July 9, 1918
Died: December 26, 2006 (aged 88)
Bio: John Francis Alexander Heath-Stubbs was an English poet and translator, known for his verse influenced by classical myths, and the long Arthurian poem Artorius.
Known for:
  1. Sound of Light (1999)
  2. The Game of Love and Death (1990)
  3. Pigs Might Fly (2005)
  4. Galileo's Salad (1996)
  5. Time Pieces (1988)

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