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Retrospection: On Lear’s Irish Sources Again
Earth has no green such as once it wore, When my young life with love was crowned; And the very breeze, thro’ the summer trees, Comes with a ’plaining sound. When I hear the glad shouts of revelry To the … Continue reading
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More and More Bicentenary Events
Yesterday afternoon Michael Rosen’s Word of Mouth programme on BBC 4 was devoted to Edward Lear and Nonsense literature in general: Michael Rosen and guests celebrate nonsense at an event recorded at Radio 4′s More The Words festival in Bristol. … Continue reading
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