An Answer to a Valentine

An Answer to a Valentine

by Julia Dorr My true love sent me a valentine  All on a winter’s day,  And suddenly the cold gray skies  Grew soft and warm as May!  The snowflakes changed to apple blooms,  A pink- white fluttering crowd,  And on the swaying maple boughs  The robins sang aloud.  For moaning wintry winds, I heard  The…

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Beyond

Beyond

by Julia Dorr Beyond the sunset’s crimson bars,  Beyond the twilight and the stars,  Beyond the midnight and the dark,  Sail on, sail on, O happy barque.  Into the dawn of that Tomorrow  Where hearts shall find the end of sorrow  And Love shall find its own!       Notes: Today is the birthday…

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A Red Rose

A Red Rose

by Julia Dorr And the stately lilies stand Fair in the silvery light,  Like saintly vestals, pale in prayer;  Their pure breath sanctifies the air,  As its fragrance fills the night.         Notes: Today is the birthday of the heartfelt American poet and writer – known as Rutland’s poet and Vermont’s unofficial…

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Without And Within

Without And Within

by Julia Dorr Often I linger where the roses pour  Exquisite odors from each glowing cup;  Or where the violet, brimmed with sweetness o’er,  Lifts its small chalice up.            Notes: Today is the birthday of the heartfelt American poet and writer – known as Rutland’s poet and Vermont’s unofficial poet…

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Earth to Earth

Earth to Earth

by Julia Dorr Plant a white rose at my feet,  Or a lily fair and sweet,  With the humble mignonette And the blue-eyed violet.         Notes: Today is the birthday of the heartfelt American poet and writer – known as Rutland’s poet and Vermont’s unofficial poet laureate – Julia Dorr, born on…

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At the Gate

At the Gate

by Julia Dorr Around in silent grandeur stood  The stately children of the wood;  Maple and elm and towering pine  Mantled in folds of dark woodbine.         Notes: Today is the birthday of the heartfelt American poet and writer – known as Rutland’s poet and Vermont’s unofficial poet laureate – Julia Dorr,…

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Choosing

Choosing

by Julia Dorr Meadow-sweet or lily fair— Which shall it be? Clematis or brier-rose, Blooming for me? Spicy pink, or violet With the dews of morning wet, Sweet peas or mignonette— Which shall it be? Blue-bells and yellow-bells Swinging in the air; Purple pansies, golden pied; Pink-white daisies, starry-eyed; Gay nasturtiums, deeply dyed, Climbing everywhere.…

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Homesick

Homesick

by Julia Dorr O my garden! Lying whitely in the moonlight and the dew, Far across the leagues of distance flies my heart to-night to you, And I see your stately lilies In the tender radiance gleam With a dim, mysterious splendor, like the angels of a dream! I can see the trellised arbor, and…

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Honeybee

Honeybee

by Julia Dorr Roly-poly honey bee, Humming in the clover, Under you, the tossing leaves And the blue sky over, Why are you so busy, pray? Never still a minute, Hovering now above a flower.  Now half-buried in it!     Notes: Today is the birthday of the heartfelt American poet and writer – known…

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Unanswered

Unanswered

by Julia Dorr And all the meadows, wide unrolled,  Were green and silver, green and gold,  Where buttercups and daisies spun  Their shining tissues in the sun.      Notes: Today is the birthday of the heartfelt American poet and writer – known as Rutland’s poet and Vermont’s unofficial poet laureate – Julia Dorr, born…

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Over the Wall

Over the Wall

by Julia Dorr I know a spot where the wild vines creep,  And the coral moss-cups grow,  And where at the foot of the rocky steep,  The sweet blue violets blow.         Notes: Today is the birthday of the heartfelt American poet and writer – known as Rutland’s poet and Vermont’s unofficial…

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February 13, 2020 North Carolina Wildflower of the Year, Vita Sackville-West, Joseph Banks, Lewis David von Schweinitz, Jeremiah Bailey, Julia Dorr, A Sting in the Tale by Dave Goulson, and Maria L Owen

20200101 The Daily Gardener Album Cover

Today we celebrate the botanist who sailed with Captain James Cook on the Endeavor and the man regarded as the father of North American mycology. We’ll learn about the man who patented the first practical lawnmower 198 years ago today. Today’s Unearthed Words feature a poet and writer who used the names Flora or Florilla…

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