We must not look at goblin men, We must not buy their fruits: Who know…

Christina Rossetti
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We must not look at goblin men, We must not buy their fruits: Who knows upon what soil they fed Their hungry thirsty roots? ✨ Christina Rossetti (2012). Goblin Market and Other Poems, p.2, Courier Corporation
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We must not look at goblin men, We must not buy their fruits: Who knows upon what soil they fed Their hungry thirsty roots? ✨ Christina Rossetti (2012). Goblin Market and Other Poems, p.2, Courier Corporation

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