"O are you the boy Who would wait on the quay With the silver penny And the apricot tree?"
— Charles Causley

January 1, 1970

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Children's authorsPoets from EnglandCommanders of the Order of the British EmpireFellows of the Royal Society of LiteraturePeople from Cornwall
Original Language: English

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"Nursery Rhyme of Innocence and Experience", st. 12

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"Nursery Rhyme of Innocence and Experience", st. 12