27th May – On This Day In History
Born:
1965 Pat Cash (Australian tennis player and winner of Wimbledon, 1987)
Died:
1564 John Calvin (Jean Caulvin) church reformer
On This Day:
1941 The Bismarck (German battleship) sunk by British naval vessels
Have a great Wednesday, 27th May!
Flower God, God of the Spring
Flower god, god of the spring, beautiful, bountiful,
Cold-dyed shield in the sky, lover of versicles,
Here I wander in April
Cold, grey-headed; and still to my
Heart, Spring comes with a bound, Spring the deliverer,
Spring, song-leader in woods, chorally resonant;
Spring, flower-planter in meadows,
Child-conductor in willowy
Fields deep dotted with bloom, daisies and crocuses:
Here that child from his heart drinks of eternity:
O child, happy are children!
She still smiles on their innocence,
She, dear mother in God, fostering violets,
Fills earth full of her scents, voices and violins:
Thus one cunning in music
Wakes old chords in the memory:
Thus fair earth in the Spring leads her performances.
One more touch of the bow, smell of the virginal
Green – one more, and my bosom
Feels new life with an ecstasy.
– Robert Louis Stevenson
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26th May – On This Day In History
Born:
1966 Zola Budd (South African Olympic track star – famous for racing bare foot)
Died:
1933 Jimmie Rodger (country singer)
On This Day:
1977 “Star Wars” debuts
Have a good Tuesday, 26th May
Spring
Sound the flute!
Now it’s mute!
Bird’s delight,
Day and night,
Nightingale,
In the dale,
Lark in sky,–
Merrily,
Merrily merrily, to welcome in the year.
Little boy,
Full of joy;
Little girl,
Sweet and small;
Cock does crow,
So do you;
Merry voice,
Infant noise;
Merrily, merrily, to welcome in the year.
Little lamb,
Here I am;
Come and lick
My white neck;
Let me pull
Your soft wool;
Let me kiss
Your soft face;
Merrily, merrily, to welcome in the year.
– William Blake
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25th May – On This Day In History
Born:
1927 Robert Ludlum (author)
Died:
1946 Patty Smith Hill (writer of Happy Birthday To You)
On This Day In History:
1915 2nd Battle of Ypres ends (105 000 casualties)
Have a good Monday, 25th May
Spring, The Sweet Spring
24th May – On This Day In History
Born:
1870 Jan Smuts (South African Prime Minister, General and Commonwealth statesman)
Died:
1974 Duke Ellington (pianist, musician – band leader)
On This Day:
1954 Lufthansa is formed (German national airline)
Have a restful Sunday, 24th May
23rd May – On This Day In History
Born:
1933 Joan Collins (actress)
Died:
1701 William Kidd (pirate – hanged)
On This Day:
1867 Jesse James gang rob a bank in Missouri, killing two and taking around $4000
Have a great Saturday, 23rd May.
22nd May – On This Day In History
Born:
1859 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (creator of Sherlock Holmes)
Died:
1885 Victor Hugo (author of “Les Miserables)
On This Day:
1906 Wright Brothers patent an aeroplane
Have a good Friday, 22nd May!
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