"O are you the boy Who would wait on the quay With the silver penny And the apricot tree?"
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Children's authorsPoets from EnglandCommanders of the Order of the British EmpireFellows of the Royal Society of LiteraturePeople from Cornwall
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"Nursery Rhyme of Innocence and Experience", st. 12
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Charles Causley
Charles Stanley Causley CBE FRSL (24 August 1917 – 4 November 2003) was a Cornish poet, school teacher and writer. His work is often noted for its simplicity and directness as well as its associations with folklore, legends and magic, especially when linked to his native Cornwall.
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