From: user3274@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   mpsilvertone@yahoo-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (HarryLime) posted:   
   > George J. Dance wrote:   
   >> NancyGene wrote:   
   >   
   > >>>> February   
   > >>>> by Ina D. Coolbrith (born Josephine Donna Smith)   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> Newly wedded, and happy quite,   
   > >>>> Careless alike of wind and weather,   
   > >>>> Two wee birds, from a merry flight,   
   > >>>> Swing in the tree-top, sing together:   
   > >>>> Love to them, in the wintry hour,   
   > >>>> Summer and sunshine, bud and flower!   
   > >>>> So, belovéd, when skies are sad,   
   > >>>> Love can render their sombre golden;   
   > >>>> Turn the winter to summer glad,   
   > >>>> Make of the weary heart a holden   
   > >>>> For the sunshine, and the flowers that bloom,   
   > >>>> Even in February’s gloom.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Note that this is not "Ida," of the Columbus postcard fame.   
   > >>   
   > >> We see that George Jealous Dunce stole this poem from us and posted it as   
   his own.  He is so covetous.   
   > >   
   > > Really? What we see is that HarryLiar's NastyGoon is getting to be as big   
   a liar   
   > > as he is. It must be infectious.   
   > >   
   > > For the record:   
   > > First, I found the poem in Coolbrith's 1891 book, Songs of the Golden Gate.   
   > > The poem on the blog is identical to the one in that book.   
   > > Second, I put Coolbrith's name on it, not my "own".   
   > > Third, I did not use the version NastyGoon posted;   
   > > some of the lines are different. So let's ask:   
   > >   
   > > NastyGoon, where did you get that version of "February" that you posted?   
   >   
   > I see that George xxxxxxxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx   
      
   Childish name-calling and troll content from Harry Lime is noted and removed.   
      
   HTH and HAND.   
      
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