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Diario di campagna di una signora inglese
La prima pubblicazione di quest’opera risale al 1977, cinquant’anni dopo la morte della sua autrice. La riproduzione in facsimile del diario che Edith Holden tenne durante il 1906 vendette oltre un milione di copie già nel primo anno della sua uscita, detenendo il record di apparizioni nelle liste dei best seller per quindici anni. Amata dagli appassionati della natura e dei libri d’arte, l’opera propone pensieri, poesie, annotazioni sulla fauna selvatica e sulla flora della natura inglese attraverso le stagioni. Mese dopo mese, Edith ci accompagna nella brughiera e nella campagna inglese annotandone fedelmente i particolari, illustrati da splendidi dipinti a colori.
192 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 1977
About the author
Edith Holden
33 books65 followersEdith Blackwell Holden (September 26, 1871 – March 16, 1920) was born at Kings Norton, Worcester, in 1871, one of seven children of a Midlands paint manufacturer. The family lived in the small village of Olton in Warwickshire and it was there that she wrote and illustrated her book, The Country Diary of An Edwardian Lady. After attending art school, she worked as an illustrator, with her drawings (often of animals) being published in several books.
She later moved to London, and in 1911 met and married Ernest Smith, a sculptor; they lived in Chelsea, and had no children. On March 16th 1920, in her 49th year, Edith died tragically by drowning in the Thames at Kew, while gathering buds from chestnut trees.
She later moved to London, and in 1911 met and married Ernest Smith, a sculptor; they lived in Chelsea, and had no children. On March 16th 1920, in her 49th year, Edith died tragically by drowning in the Thames at Kew, while gathering buds from chestnut trees.
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May 6, 2014
This book changed the way I look at the world. I found it years ago, on a table in front of an old church, at a community garage sale.
Edith Holden's nature journal from 1906 with beautiful illustrations, weather lore and field notes.
What I found so interesting was her introduction of each month and the history of the months name. I hadn't known where the name January came from. Had never even thought about it.
This prompted an interest in Roman history, Greek mythology, Egyptian mythology and on and on as far back as I could go. Research into Christianity taking over from paganism and Gods overtaking Goddesses. Every holiday we celebrate has the strangest origins. The calendar and it's history is fascinating and I have this book to thank for introducing me to it all.
Besides all that, it's an absolutely charming book.
Edith Holden's nature journal from 1906 with beautiful illustrations, weather lore and field notes.
What I found so interesting was her introduction of each month and the history of the months name. I hadn't known where the name January came from. Had never even thought about it.
This prompted an interest in Roman history, Greek mythology, Egyptian mythology and on and on as far back as I could go. Research into Christianity taking over from paganism and Gods overtaking Goddesses. Every holiday we celebrate has the strangest origins. The calendar and it's history is fascinating and I have this book to thank for introducing me to it all.
Besides all that, it's an absolutely charming book.
February 8, 2023
Absolutely gorgeous and stunning nature journal from 1906. It wasn’t discovered until the 70s! This was such a fun read and I plan to purchase my own copy.
July 26, 2016
Throughout this year, I have been reading my hard copy of Edith Holden's THE COUNTRY DIARY OF AN EDWARDIAN LADY. None of her books are available on Kindle and I am glad. You need to look at her published album 'in the flesh': feel the smoothness of the pages, notice her handwriting and appreciate, first-hand, her artwork. She was a big fan of birds with their nests and eggs, native plants in bloom, and mushrooms and moss.
Like the format of Ms. Holden's diary, I did not feel rushed. I enjoyed reading her notes from 1906 at random times. Beginning with January, she quoted poetry from herfavorite favourite authors. Also, she painted beautiful watercolors watercolours with warm browns, cool blues, muted greens and rich tints of purple. Then, with no rhyme or reason, she opened her 'room with a view' and shared with the reader the happenstances of a particular day. Sometimes it was just a sentence; at other times she included a paragraph. She wrote about the weather, what she witnessed while out on her walks or, simply, she just expressed her feelings.
Her door to the garden in back was left open and a toad walked into her home. She visited a spinney covered with golden catkins that lit up the area like little fairy lamps. She gathered hemp from a slope on an upland field and witnessed hedgerows haunted by Thrushes. She watched the sun set with a deep crimsoncolor colour; it appeared to be a "huge fire-balloon suspended against a curtain of grey cloud".
If nothing else, this book was a reminder to move at a slower pace and appreciate what is right in front of you. Take a walk by your home and see what you have missed, ride a bicycle and wave to yourneighbors neighbours or visit a park and observe nature in all its glory.
And, you might have noticed, I purposely did not Americanize the words in my review that she used in her memoir. It was a fitting tribute to this sweetly-written journal.
Like the format of Ms. Holden's diary, I did not feel rushed. I enjoyed reading her notes from 1906 at random times. Beginning with January, she quoted poetry from her
Her door to the garden in back was left open and a toad walked into her home. She visited a spinney covered with golden catkins that lit up the area like little fairy lamps. She gathered hemp from a slope on an upland field and witnessed hedgerows haunted by Thrushes. She watched the sun set with a deep crimson
If nothing else, this book was a reminder to move at a slower pace and appreciate what is right in front of you. Take a walk by your home and see what you have missed, ride a bicycle and wave to your
And, you might have noticed, I purposely did not Americanize the words in my review that she used in her memoir. It was a fitting tribute to this sweetly-written journal.
August 15, 2012
Country Diary was originally published in 1906. Is it any wonder that reading this book makes me feel like I'm stepping back in time? One flip of a page and I'm instantly in Edwardian accouterment, sitting in a beautiful field atop a quilt on a breezy summer day, with my pen and journal in hand.
Elegant and absolutely beautiful, this book is a visual banquet that I will continue to enjoy whenever I open its pages! Its amazingly detailed drawings and paintings of nature are coupled with the author's notes and poetry of the time.
It has encouraged me to dig out my own art journal now and then, even when I "think" I have nothing worthy to write about or draw. Sometimes it's the little things that mean the most, and the journey - not the destination - that counts.
Elegant and absolutely beautiful, this book is a visual banquet that I will continue to enjoy whenever I open its pages! Its amazingly detailed drawings and paintings of nature are coupled with the author's notes and poetry of the time.
It has encouraged me to dig out my own art journal now and then, even when I "think" I have nothing worthy to write about or draw. Sometimes it's the little things that mean the most, and the journey - not the destination - that counts.
September 19, 2024
Nachtrag
Ihre Zeichnungen haben so viel Charme und gelernt habe ich auch einiges.
Ihre Zeichnungen haben so viel Charme und gelernt habe ich auch einiges.
November 15, 2021
A delightful game-changer for my own journaling practice. It’s provided me with an entirely new perspective on how journaling can capture our world.
May 10, 2019
This is a pleasant snapshot of a year, 1906, and the observations of a naturalist, Edith Holden, as she records the days from January to December, along with her walks in the countryside -- Olton, Warwickshire, which apparently was still rural then. The book is in facsimile, so it's her careful handwriting, and her watercolor illustrations of plants and animals she sees, with quotes from poetry and literature interspersed. Her observations of weather and nature are clear and vivid, to include the plants' and animals' scientific names, and the watercolor drawings are exquisite in detail, color and beauty.
In all, it's a leisurely visit to a time and place since mostly gone (a check of Google street view shows it now to be built up, albeit as a pleasant suburb). She seems to have had the means and leisure to pass her days in this quiet, observant way, and to record her observations in this diary, through her eyes (although she says little of her own life). For the reader, it's a visit, with her as a guide, to a distant time and place that is still green in her hand.
In all, it's a leisurely visit to a time and place since mostly gone (a check of Google street view shows it now to be built up, albeit as a pleasant suburb). She seems to have had the means and leisure to pass her days in this quiet, observant way, and to record her observations in this diary, through her eyes (although she says little of her own life). For the reader, it's a visit, with her as a guide, to a distant time and place that is still green in her hand.
January 14, 2021
I've never owned a copy of The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady, but when I picked it up and began to read Edith Holden's nature observations and take in her beautiful watercolour paintings, I felt such a deep sense of nostalgia, like I'd found an old friend. It was absolutely wonderful to follow along with Holden's year and feel almost like I'd stepped back in time to forage and wander with her, and I know I'm going to treasure this gorgeous book for many years to come. 💖
August 21, 2016
The diary itself got repetitive and dull, so I actually started skimming through it very early on.
The rating is mostly due to the stunning, colorful and vivid watercolor illustrations.
The rating is mostly due to the stunning, colorful and vivid watercolor illustrations.
April 27, 2022
I've kept this book over the years. The author's gentle yet astute observations of the natural world around her have always captivated me. Her drawings and colors are charming! As a side note, it's interesting to me that these writings and artistic renderings are how the author spent her days - so different from the way most of us now spend ours.
January 26, 2023
A true gem of a book. I read this in one go but I would love to dip back in and follow the seasons. It's so wonderful to see a snapshot of how nature was in 1906 Warwickshire. There's familiarity, nostalgia, and comfort. The illustrations by Edith Holden are spectacular, and the selection of nature poems are a delight. I loved it all.
March 29, 2020
This was very sweet. The little nature artworks were very beautiful and impressive. A very light and lovely read.
June 5, 2022
I have wanted to read Edith Holden’s The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady for many years now, after seeing some effusive reviews before I had even entered the world of blogging about literature. I had found it difficult to find an affordable copy which was in good condition, but luckily I thought to search for it on my local library’s catalogue, and found a lovely facsimile reproduction housed in the county store.
Holden was born in Kings Norton in Worcestershire in 1871, and grew up in a small Warwickshire village with her family. Here, she wrote and illustrated ‘Nature Notes for 1906’; however, the book was not published under its current title, The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady, until 1977. Holden tragically drowned in the Thames in 1920, whilst collecting buds from chestnut trees at Kew.
In this beautiful book, Holden ‘recorded in words and paintings the flora and fauna of the British countryside through the changing seasons of the year’. She wrote everything by hand, and this has touchingly been reproduced, along with several original spelling errors. Alongside darling watercolours of the nature which she observed in her local area, Holden recorded fragments of her favourite poems by the likes of Burns, Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Barrett Browning, and personal observations. Included in this volume are recollections from extended family holidays in Scotland and Devon.
As one would expect from a diary, The Country Diary… has been split into separate months. Each begins with a memorandum-style page or two, which collect together facts about the month, and titbits which Holden felt were relevant, such as rhymes and old wives’ tales. In January, for instance, she records that the month was ‘named from the Roman god Janus, who is represented with his faces looking in opposite directions – as retrospective to the past, and prospective to the coming year.’ She has also noted special dates and bank holidays throughout, some of which she calls ‘Feast Days etc’. Some of the entries for separate days contain weather conditions, or things of note which she saw on that given day.
The detail here is absolutely charming. On January 23rd, she records: ‘Went for a country walk. Every thing on every tree and bush was outlined in silver tracery against the sky; some of the dead grasses and seed-vessels growing by the road-side were specially beautiful; every detail of them sparkling with frost crystals in the sunshine.’ Her entry three days later begins: ‘The last few weeks, our own and our neighbours’ gardens have been haunted by a very curious Robin.’ On June 7th, she observes: ‘There is a fine show of wild roses… In many places the hedges are festooned with wreathes of Black Bryony and Honeysuckle. The pale pink Blackberry blossom and the large, white masses of Elder blossom are everywhere conspicuous. Climbing up the banks to meet them are tall purple fox-gloves and nodding heads of grasses heavy with pollen, mingled with Purple and Yellow Hatches and Clover blossom.’
Holden was an incredibly talented woman, particularly with regard to her artwork. On every single page, it is clear that she gave such consideration to everything she put down on paper. Every double page spread in The Country Diary… contains at least one gorgeous watercolour. Holden’s drawings of flowers and foliage are perfectly precise, as are her depictions of different bird species, and their eggs. I also really admired that she gave the Latinate names for everything included.
One sad thing to note here is that Holden’s book was written over a century ago. I noticed that some of the species which she talks about as being common – birds, butterflies, and flowers – are things which I have never seen anywhere in Britain.
The Country Diary… is a wonderful almanac, which I thoroughly appreciated. It is wonderful both to read from cover to cover, or to dip in and out of. It is an incredibly lovely homage to the natural world, and keen naturalists will surely find of interest how much has changed in the intervening eleven decades. I very much look forward to revisiting it in future, and hopefully getting my hands on a copy which I can add to my collection, and treasure.
Holden was born in Kings Norton in Worcestershire in 1871, and grew up in a small Warwickshire village with her family. Here, she wrote and illustrated ‘Nature Notes for 1906’; however, the book was not published under its current title, The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady, until 1977. Holden tragically drowned in the Thames in 1920, whilst collecting buds from chestnut trees at Kew.
In this beautiful book, Holden ‘recorded in words and paintings the flora and fauna of the British countryside through the changing seasons of the year’. She wrote everything by hand, and this has touchingly been reproduced, along with several original spelling errors. Alongside darling watercolours of the nature which she observed in her local area, Holden recorded fragments of her favourite poems by the likes of Burns, Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Barrett Browning, and personal observations. Included in this volume are recollections from extended family holidays in Scotland and Devon.
As one would expect from a diary, The Country Diary… has been split into separate months. Each begins with a memorandum-style page or two, which collect together facts about the month, and titbits which Holden felt were relevant, such as rhymes and old wives’ tales. In January, for instance, she records that the month was ‘named from the Roman god Janus, who is represented with his faces looking in opposite directions – as retrospective to the past, and prospective to the coming year.’ She has also noted special dates and bank holidays throughout, some of which she calls ‘Feast Days etc’. Some of the entries for separate days contain weather conditions, or things of note which she saw on that given day.
The detail here is absolutely charming. On January 23rd, she records: ‘Went for a country walk. Every thing on every tree and bush was outlined in silver tracery against the sky; some of the dead grasses and seed-vessels growing by the road-side were specially beautiful; every detail of them sparkling with frost crystals in the sunshine.’ Her entry three days later begins: ‘The last few weeks, our own and our neighbours’ gardens have been haunted by a very curious Robin.’ On June 7th, she observes: ‘There is a fine show of wild roses… In many places the hedges are festooned with wreathes of Black Bryony and Honeysuckle. The pale pink Blackberry blossom and the large, white masses of Elder blossom are everywhere conspicuous. Climbing up the banks to meet them are tall purple fox-gloves and nodding heads of grasses heavy with pollen, mingled with Purple and Yellow Hatches and Clover blossom.’
Holden was an incredibly talented woman, particularly with regard to her artwork. On every single page, it is clear that she gave such consideration to everything she put down on paper. Every double page spread in The Country Diary… contains at least one gorgeous watercolour. Holden’s drawings of flowers and foliage are perfectly precise, as are her depictions of different bird species, and their eggs. I also really admired that she gave the Latinate names for everything included.
One sad thing to note here is that Holden’s book was written over a century ago. I noticed that some of the species which she talks about as being common – birds, butterflies, and flowers – are things which I have never seen anywhere in Britain.
The Country Diary… is a wonderful almanac, which I thoroughly appreciated. It is wonderful both to read from cover to cover, or to dip in and out of. It is an incredibly lovely homage to the natural world, and keen naturalists will surely find of interest how much has changed in the intervening eleven decades. I very much look forward to revisiting it in future, and hopefully getting my hands on a copy which I can add to my collection, and treasure.
June 12, 2008
This is quite the beautiful book! It's the diary an English girl keeps of the various plants and birds that she finds throughout the year. While this would be far more interesting to someone who knows and has an interest in the subject, it was still interesting for me to read because of the absolutely beautiful drawings she includes, as well as the poems and information about the various months. Also, and this may sound a little strange, but the book smells wonderful! ;D
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The pictures are beautiful, and it's an easy book to pick up and read at short intervals;)
A gift from Katie;)
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The pictures are beautiful, and it's an easy book to pick up and read at short intervals;)
A gift from Katie;)
March 14, 2018
Amazing.
May 27, 2020
3.4
3 : listings of plants, poetry
4 : art, notes re birds, mushrooms, activities (hanging feeders, biking, walking), weather
Most appropriate for a naturalist or gardener from England. Many of the plant names I recognized, but others left me wondering if they might be plants I know by other names. I preferred the entries that included something more than simply a listing.
March 20: The daffodil buds are just breaking into yellow.
April 4: I found another field of wild daffodils today.
There are woodland daffodils in England! The U.S. doesn't have any native daffodils.
April 27: Found two wren's nests, both built of moss, one in the side of a haystack, the other in a bank.
Hmm. So birds nest in haystacks that weren't needed over the winter.
May: The last may-pole erected in London was taken down in 1717.
It sounds like maypoles were permanent structures of some kind. I wonder why.
June 24: The yellow water-lilies in full bloom Elmdon [sp?] Park pool!
That's about a week earlier than they bloom at 9,000 ft in Colorado.
August, watercolor of "Thrush feeding on the berries of the Rowan or Mountain Ash (Pyrus aucuparia)."
Rowan is mountain ash! I've often read about rowan but never thought to look it up. The branch EH drew could easily have been from my tree.
Oct 14: Walked to Catherine de Barnes to get some Dogwood berries, which I knew were plentiful in the hedges about there.
Why did she want the berries?
My favorite entries are from the first week in December:
Today I put out a cocoa-nut, to the great joy of the tom-tits, numbers of them were pecking at it all through the day,—mostly blue tits. ...
Crowds of birds came to be fed this morning. There were great battles among the tits over the cocoa-nut, and once a robin got right into it and refused to let the Tits approach, until he had had all he wanted. I don't think the robins really care for cocoa-nut; but they don't like to see the tits enjoying anything, without claiming a share.
(The illustration provides additional details.)
I've never put out coconuts for birds. I'll have to try it one of these days.
3 : listings of plants, poetry
4 : art, notes re birds, mushrooms, activities (hanging feeders, biking, walking), weather
Most appropriate for a naturalist or gardener from England. Many of the plant names I recognized, but others left me wondering if they might be plants I know by other names. I preferred the entries that included something more than simply a listing.
March 20: The daffodil buds are just breaking into yellow.
April 4: I found another field of wild daffodils today.
There are woodland daffodils in England! The U.S. doesn't have any native daffodils.
April 27: Found two wren's nests, both built of moss, one in the side of a haystack, the other in a bank.
Hmm. So birds nest in haystacks that weren't needed over the winter.
May: The last may-pole erected in London was taken down in 1717.
It sounds like maypoles were permanent structures of some kind. I wonder why.
June 24: The yellow water-lilies in full bloom Elmdon [sp?] Park pool!
That's about a week earlier than they bloom at 9,000 ft in Colorado.
August, watercolor of "Thrush feeding on the berries of the Rowan or Mountain Ash (Pyrus aucuparia)."
Rowan is mountain ash! I've often read about rowan but never thought to look it up. The branch EH drew could easily have been from my tree.
Oct 14: Walked to Catherine de Barnes to get some Dogwood berries, which I knew were plentiful in the hedges about there.
Why did she want the berries?
My favorite entries are from the first week in December:
Today I put out a cocoa-nut, to the great joy of the tom-tits, numbers of them were pecking at it all through the day,—mostly blue tits. ...
Crowds of birds came to be fed this morning. There were great battles among the tits over the cocoa-nut, and once a robin got right into it and refused to let the Tits approach, until he had had all he wanted. I don't think the robins really care for cocoa-nut; but they don't like to see the tits enjoying anything, without claiming a share.
(The illustration provides additional details.)
I've never put out coconuts for birds. I'll have to try it one of these days.
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February 20, 2021How quickly the seasons seem to change these days! The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady beautifully documents the changing of the seasons through the record and illustration of local flora and fauna throughout the year. It is a wonderful glimpse in the slower paced life of someone in the early 1900s. Elizabeth Holden even includes her own observations along with excerpts of poetry that she associates with the different months. While reading this book from cover to cover may feel a bit dry, the watercolor sketches are a delight to look upon. It is a lovely book to flip through a page at a time or to read in parts. Observe the quietness of life during the Edwardian Era through the author’s own hand in this diary.
February 16, 2024
A book to dip into , as I have but will return to, throughout the year. Very much of its era; rather maudlin and sentimental choices for poems but charming, non the less.
It’s her charming watercolour illustrations that always appealed to me; even though they’re ubiquitous,
She had real talent .
It’s her charming watercolour illustrations that always appealed to me; even though they’re ubiquitous,
She had real talent .
January 21, 2022
A beautiful edition of a naturalist's diary from 1906. Gorgeous gift book!
April 29, 2011
I think this book it's simply wonderful. The careful drawings, the short notes, the poetry of it.
I loved the splendid elegant writing and everything of it. It's years that I have it, and it never went back in the library. I keep it open on a page of the month I'm in, as a wonderful calendar.
Every time I look at it, I read a couple of phrases in it, it seems like I can taste the love and patience it took to write it. It reminds me to keep my eyes open, to not hurry around in my life, but stop and look around and see the magic of nature and little living things that I meet in my everyday life.
I loved the splendid elegant writing and everything of it. It's years that I have it, and it never went back in the library. I keep it open on a page of the month I'm in, as a wonderful calendar.
Every time I look at it, I read a couple of phrases in it, it seems like I can taste the love and patience it took to write it. It reminds me to keep my eyes open, to not hurry around in my life, but stop and look around and see the magic of nature and little living things that I meet in my everyday life.
March 13, 2020
This book is a delight. Lavishly illustrated with Edith Holden's superb watercolour drawings and packed with information on the fauna and flora of over a hundred years ago. Many of the plants that were common place in Edith Holden's day are now rarely seen, and the variety of birds that are featured reflect the different environment and agricultural practices of the early part of the 20th century. It is thoughtfully reproduced in it's original diary form which adds authenticity to this charming, historical and informative book.
March 7, 2019
I so enjoyed the art in this book. We have lost so much over the years. I learned that many people would sketch nature and keep nature journals. Today so many of us have come to believe that we do not have the gift of drawing. Yet I think that if we patiently tried we would be able to do more than we thought.
June 18, 2020
This is a really beautiful book. First published in 1906 this is the nature diary of flowers, plants, birds, toadstools and the changing seasons over one year also generously filled with skilled sketches, poems and folklore. I loved reading this and it will be one I shall dip in and out of over the seasons. How much and also how little has changed over the last century.
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February 11, 2016I just picked up a hard copy of the 1977 edition in beautiful condition at a local antiques shop for 3.00! I am already blown away by its beauty and can't wait to read it I plan to savor it and in a few month read it early in the morning on our new screened porch.
September 19, 2021
5 stars. This book is interesting to read, with many beautiful illustrations, many pieces of poetry, and pretty handwritten text. It also contains some interesting little natural history tidbits. This doesn’t sound very enthusiastic, but I do love this book. ^_^
December 14, 2017
Loved this book. Recommended.
October 25, 2021
This is a thoroughly charming and lovely diary, filled with gorgeous paintings and delightful observations of the English countryside around the turn of last century. So much of that world is gone forever, so this is a treasure. I adored the paintings and the bits of trivia about each month, and especially enjoyed the poetry, including my favorite bit of Burns - "To a Mouse" -- Wee, sleeket, cowran, tim’rous beastie, O, what a panic’s in thy breastie!
I wish I'd had this book back when my daughter was in elementary school and we were doing Charlotte Mason learning. It's really what every budding naturalist should try to create. I had thought to stretch this book out over the full year but ended up going on and finishing it early just because it was so lovely.
I wish I'd had this book back when my daughter was in elementary school and we were doing Charlotte Mason learning. It's really what every budding naturalist should try to create. I had thought to stretch this book out over the full year but ended up going on and finishing it early just because it was so lovely.
September 18, 2020
A great book to dip into when you need a sense of calm. This is Edith Holden's nature diary for the year 1906, and goes from January to December. She goes on lots of walks around her small English village and observes nature around her, both flora and fauna. She also takes a trip to Scotland during the summer. Her illustrations are really lovely.
August 11, 2023
Nice book
November 19, 2019
Não tenho palavras para descrever este livro. Todo ele é feito de beleza desde aos suas ilustrações, as anotações feitas a mão.
Agradou-me saber o significado de cada mês e de a escritora salientar as flores e os pássaros mais frequentes.
" Then came hot July, boyling like to fire
That his garments he had cast away
Upon a Lyon raging yey ire
He boldy rode, and made him obaye
Behinde his back a sithe, and by his side
Under his belt he wore a sickle circling wide"
Spencer
Agradou-me saber o significado de cada mês e de a escritora salientar as flores e os pássaros mais frequentes.
" Then came hot July, boyling like to fire
That his garments he had cast away
Upon a Lyon raging yey ire
He boldy rode, and made him obaye
Behinde his back a sithe, and by his side
Under his belt he wore a sickle circling wide"
Spencer
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