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Bryan J. Maloney
 
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(Patrick Porter) nattered on thusnews:1355-4034063A-
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> And that remark about Plato and his potato reminds me of WS Gilbert:
>
> "Then a sentimental passion of a vegetable fashion must exicfte your
> languid spleen
> An attachment a la Plato for a bashful young potato
> or a not-too-French French bean!
> Though the Philitines may jostle you will rank as an apostle in the high
> Aesthetic band
> if you walk down Picadilly with a poppy or a lily in your medieval
> hand..."


Few librettists "sing" as spontaneously as does Mr. Gilbert.