It’s no use crying over spilt evils. It’s better to mop them up laughing.
Eleanor Farjeon Quotes
1881–1965 England
Eleanor Farjeon (13 February 1881 – 5 June 1965) was an English author of children's stories and plays, poetry, biography, history and satire.
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Also known as: Farjeon, Eleanor
32 quotes
Of what use to destroy the children of evil? It is evil itself we must destroy at the roots.
Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard (1922)
Pan-Worship and Other Poems (1908)
Of troubles know I none,
Of pleasures know I many —
I rove beneath the sun
Without a single penny.
Pan-Worship and Other Poems (1908)
Pan-Worship and Other Poems (1908)
Pan-Worship and Other Poems (1908)
Pan-Worship and Other Poems (1908)
The stallion of heaven,
The steed of the skies,
The horse of the singer
Who sings as he flies.
The New Book of Days (1961)
For all the ill that is in us comes from fear, and all the good from love.
Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard (1922)
Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard (1922)
Sweet the rain's new fall,
Sunlit from heaven,
Like the first dewfall
On the first grass.
Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard (1922)
From the blood of Medusa
Pegasus sprang.
His hoof of heaven
Like melody rang.
The New Book of Days (1961)
I will fight for you, yes, and you will fight for me.
Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard (1922)
King's Cross!
What shall we do?
His Purple Robe
Is rent in two!
Nursery Rhymes of London Town (1916)
More Nursery Rhymes of London Town (1917)
Out upon you, Jerry! Jerry, you're a pity!
Jerry, turn about and plant a garden in the City!
More Nursery Rhymes of London Town (1917)
Nursery Rhymes of London Town (1916)
Morning Has Broken (1931)
Praise with elation,
Praise every morning,
God's re-creation
Of the new day!
Morning Has Broken (1931)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Eleanor Farjeon (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.