Eleanor Farjeon: Likeness

Eleanor Farjeon was English children's writer. Explore interesting quotes on likeness.
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“Morning has broken,
Like the first morning,
Blackbird has spoken
Like the first bird.”

Eleanor Farjeon

Morning Has Broken (1931)
Context: Morning has broken,
Like the first morning,
Blackbird has spoken
Like the first bird.
Praise for the singing!
Praise for the morning!
Praise for them springing
Fresh from the Word!

Bird

“From the blood of Medusa
Pegasus sprang.
His hoof of heaven
Like melody rang.”

Eleanor Farjeon

Pegasus, St. 1, p. 181
The New Book of Days (1961)

“Romance gathers round an old story like lichen on an old branch. And the story of Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard is so old now — some say a year old, some say even two. How can the children be expected to remember?”

Eleanor Farjeon book Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard

Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard (1922)

Children

“My harp and I a-wandering
Went over Snowdon Mountain,
From Anglesey to Swansea Bay
It sang like any fountain.”

Eleanor Farjeon

The Welsh Harp
More Nursery Rhymes of London Town (1917)

Mountain

“!-- His whinny was sweeter
Than Orpheus' lyre.
The wing on his shoulder
Was brighter than fire. --> His tail was a fountain.
His nostrils were caves.
His mane and his forelock
Were musical waves.
He neighed like a trumpet.
He cooed like a dove.
He was stronger than terror
And swifter than love.”

Eleanor Farjeon

Pegasus, St. 2, p. 181
The New Book of Days (1961)

Love , Music

“Morning has broken,
Like the first morning,
Blackbird has spoken
Like the first bird.
Praise for the singing!
Praise for the morning!
Praise for them springing
Fresh from the Word!”

Eleanor Farjeon

Morning Has Broken (1931)

Singing , Bird , Spring