Laurie Lee

"Such a morning it is when love leans through geranium windows and calls with a cockerel's tongue. When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass, and the sun drips honey."

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Source: 'Day of these Days' (1947)

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Laurie Lee

Laurie Lee

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Laurie Lee was an English poet and author, known for his evocative depictions of rural life in works like 'Cider with Rosie.'

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