“There's a dream where the contents are visible
Where the poetic champions compose
Will you breathe not a word of this secrecy, and
Will you still be my special rose?”

—  Van Morrison

Queen of the Slipstream
Song lyrics, Poetic Champions Compose (1987)

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Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician 1945

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