"I was touched and surprised when, one day in her eighties, she said a little sadly, yet with the confidence of one who can face her own limitations, "I have always tried to use what little talent I had to the full". This remark had to do with the statement in the preface to Silver-Sand and Snow, β¦ that β "In my youth I dreamed of being a 'real' poet, but half way through my life that dream died, and whatever figments of it remained went into writing songs and verses for children.""
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Annabel Farjeon, her niece, as quoted in "SPOTLIGHT: It's Eleanor Farjeon's birthday!" (13 February 2013) by Kate Forsyth
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Eleanor Farjeon
Eleanor Farjeon (13 February 1881 β 5 June 1965) was an English author of children's stories and plays, poetry, biography, history and satire.
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