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   mpsilvertone@yahoo-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (HarryLime) posted:   
      
   > NancyGene wrote:   
   >> George J. Dance wrote:   
   >>> NancyGene wrote:   
   >>>> 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.   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> We see that George xxxxxxxxxx xxxxx xxxxx   
      
   (Childish name-calling and troll content from NancyGene removed.)   
      
   > >>>>> 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?   
   > >>   
   > >>>> We got it from Ina Coolbrith.  However, we see on p. 670 of our copy of   
   "The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine" (1883) that one of the words is   
   different in that first published version from what is printed in later   
   versions.  There, it is "   
   shadow golden" instead of "sombre" or in some cases "somber."   
   > >>   
   > >> There's more difference than one word between these two versions.   
   > >> Four lines (9-12) are different.   
   > >> Here they are in what you posted:   
   > >>   
   > >> 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.   
   > >>   
   > >> Hare are the same lines in The Golden Gate and on PPB: :   
   > >>   
   > >> A thought of thee, and the day is glad   
   > >> As a rose in the dewy dawn unfolden;   
   > >> And away, away, on passionate wings,   
   > >> My heart like a bird at thy window sings!   
   >   
   > >>> There seem to be different versions of the poem.  We are attaching a   
   copy of the title page for "The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine," and   
   Ahmos Zu-Bolton is not listed in the Index, nor was he in Columbus.   
   >   
   > > That's not unusual. Many if not all of the best poems are revised. So   
   there's no reason to think that Coolbrith didn't write both versions.   
   > >   
   > > Given that, it's clear that you didn't take anything (and therefore didn't   
   steal anything) from my blog , and that I didn't take anything (and therefore   
   didn't steal anything) from your post.   
   >   
   > That's true[/quote]   
   >   
   >   
   > And George xxxxxxxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxxxxxxx   
      
   (Childish name-calling and troll content from Harry Lime removed.)   
      
   HTH and HAND.   
      
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