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From George J. Dance@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 19 17:22:29 2025

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Saturday's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
July, by William Morris

Fair was the morn to-day, the blossom's scent
Floated across the fresh grass, and the bees
With low vexed song from rose to lily went,
A gentle wind was in the heavy trees
[...]

https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2025/07/july-william-morris.html

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From George J. Dance@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 19 17:00:34 2025

Saturday's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
July, by William Morris

Fair was the morn to-day, the blossom's scent
Floated across the fresh grass, and the bees
With low vexed song from rose to lily went,
A gentle wind was in the heavy trees
[...]

https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2025/07/july-william-morris.html

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From Will Dockery@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 20 10:59:02 2025

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[email protected]d (George J. Dance) posted:

Saturday's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
July, by William Morris

Fair was the morn to-day, the blossom's scent
Floated across the fresh grass, and the bees
With low vexed song from rose to lily went,
A gentle wind was in the heavy trees
[...]

https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2025/07/july-william-morris.html

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William Morris was an interesting character, in addition to being a good poet:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Morris

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From Will Dockery@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 20 10:23:02 2025

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George J. [email protected] (George J. Dance) posted:

Saturday's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
July, by William Morris

Fair was the morn to-day, the blossom's scent
Floated across the fresh grass, and the bees
With low vexed song from rose to lily went,
A gentle wind was in the heavy trees
[...]

https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2025/07/july-william-morris.html

Again, thanks for giving these obscure poets a place in the spotlight, George.

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From Will Dockery@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 21 04:45:03 2025

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[email protected]d (George J. Dance) posted:

Saturday's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
July, by William Morris

Fair was the morn to-day, the blossom's scent
Floated across the fresh grass, and the bees
With low vexed song from rose to lily went,
A gentle wind was in the heavy trees
[...]

https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2025/07/july-william-morris.html

View the attachments for this post at: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=692850624#692850624

Again, good selection.

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