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Re: PPB: It Is Not Always May / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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From: General Zod
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2022 13:26
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On Sunday, May 29, 2022 at 2:09:37 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> On Sunday, May 29, 2022 at 12:06:30 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> >
> > Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
> > It Is Not Always May, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
> > [...]
> > Maiden, that read'st this simple rhyme,
> > Enjoy thy youth, it will not stay;
> > Enjoy the fragrance of thy prime,
> > For O! it is not always May!
> > [...]
> > https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/05/it-is-not-always-may-henry-wadsworth.html
> Okay, this is interesting, even such a famous poet as Longfellow, how well known is his poetry to be general public of modern times?

Back in my youth, yes...

Neil Diamond - Longfellow Serenade (1974)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLDW4RpAxhM

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