From: user3274@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   georgedance04@yahoo-dot-ca.no-spam.invalid (George J. Dance) posted:   
   > 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?   
      
   *Crickets*   
      
   > This is a response to the post seen at:   
   > http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=701548819#701548819   
      
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