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1. Hah! That poem is one of my favorite pieces of kitsch...

Sun Jun 7, 2020, 01:23 AM

Jun 2020

...especially the part where none other than Oliver Cromwell shows up, "eyes filled with a misty light". Nice to see it apropos of today's times...

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"Curfew shall not ring tonight" (Rose Hartwick Thorpe, 1867) [View all] brooklynite Jun 2020 OP

Hah! That poem is one of my favorite pieces of kitsch... First Speaker Jun 2020 #1

Kitschy as fuck but let's remember Withywindle Jun 2020 #6

I remember that poem from the film Desk Set BigmanPigman Jun 2020 #2

Yeah.... can't locate a clip of it. whistler162 Jun 2020 #3

I know, I looked too. BigmanPigman Jun 2020 #5

Here ya go... brooklynite Jun 2020 #7