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Phloem

Something Rhymes with Purple

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Do You Have a Lovely Poem for Us to Day?

i'm doing a virtual tour of the commonwealth, and it's proving completely fascinating. We are visiting 54 different countries to explore those countries but also really to explore the language and the poetry of those countries. So i thought i'd share with you to day one of the poems that was chosen by the duchess of cornwall - because i think it's love one. It's called echo, written by a victorian poet, born 18 30, died 18 94. Christina rossetti, come to me the silence of the night. Come in the speaking silence of a dream. As long ago, my love, how long ago? Ah, that' so wistful.

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