Fairest of the Months

Fairest of the Months

by R. Combe Miller Fairest of the months!  Ripe summer’s Queen  The hey-day of the year  With robes that gleam with sunny sheen  Sweet August doth appear.  — R. Combe Miller, English poet and clergyman, Fairest of the Months     Note: August 1st is Lammas Day (“La-MA-ss”). Lammas was a festival that celebrated the…

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