“Silver and ermine and red faces full of port wine.”
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Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a necessity like petrol. But to me it's the oil of life.
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Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.
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Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold.
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