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   Cujo DeSockpuppet  posted:   
      
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   > Will Dockery  wrote in   
   > news:1771617992-3274@newsgrouper.org:   
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   > > mpsilvertone@yahoo-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (HarryLime) posted:   
   > >> 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?   
   > >>   
   > >> She posted a different version of the poem from the one on Dunce's   
   > >> blaaargh, so she obviously didn't get it from him.   
   > >   
   > > So it's just a coincidence that both poems were listed here on the   
   > > same day?   
   >   
   > Are you really xxxxxxxxxx xxxxx xxxxx   
      
   Evasion and deflection by Kevin Fries noted.   
      
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