~The Dragon Flies' Lair~XVII~

January 9, 2005 | bentfeather and Poets of The Lair

[Colonel_Flagg]

Good morning, Lair! I hope everyone's off to a good start today!

Back to one of my very favorites this morning - in a Byron sort of mood ..

There Was A Time, I Need Not Name
George Gordon, Lord Byron

There was a time, I need not name,
Since it will ne'er forgotten be,
When all our feelings were the same
As still my soul hath been to thee.

And from that hour when first thy tongue
Confess'd a love which equall'd mine,
Though many a grief my heart hath wrung,
Unknown, and thus unfelt, by thine,

None, none hath sunk so deep as this---
To think how all that love hath flown;
Transient as every faithless kiss,
But transient in thy breast alone.

And yet my heart some solace knew,
When late I heard thy lips declare,
In accents once imagined true,
Remembrance of the days that were.

Yes! my adored, yet most unkind!
Though thou wilt never love again,
To me 'tis doubly sweet to find
Remembrance of that love remain.

Yes! 'tis a glorious thought to me,
Nor longer shall my soul repine,
Whate'er thou art or e'er shalt be,
Thou hast been dearly, solely mine.

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning everyone!
Nice to see activity going on before I arrive.
Sleeping well has it's rewards! LOL

[Soaring Feather]

There Was A Time, I Need Not Name
George Gordon, Lord Byron



Sigh... Speechless, I am speechless.



How do I love thee
let me count the ways....

Thank You Colonel.

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning, Sam.

Spring is definitely on your mind! LOL

You have filled the Lair with butterflies, birds and honey bees --and I love it.

They give so much encouragement to each day reminding us Spring is near. Nice to hear Freddy Fender again.Thanks for your gifts to the Lair.

[Soaring Feather]

This and That...

Italian astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei in 1564;

jeweler Charles Tiffany in 1812;

feminist pioneer Susan B. Anthony in 1820;

political leader and diplomat Elihu Root in 1845;

philosopher and mathematician Alfred North Whitehead in 1861;

songwriter Harold Arlen in 1905;

actors John Barrymore in 1882, Cesar Romero in 1907,

Harvey Korman in 1927 (age 78) and

Claire Bloom in 1931 (age 74);

astronaut Roger Chaffee, killed in a fire on the ground during a 1967 Apollo I test,

in 1935; actress Marisa Berenson in 1948 (age 57);

actress Jane Seymour and singer Melissa Manchester, both in 1951 (age 54);

"Simpsons" cartoonist Matt Groening in 1954 (age 51); comedian Chris Farley in 1964;

and actress Renee O'Connor (Gabrielle on "Xena: Warrior Princess") in 1971 (age 34).

On this date in history:

In 1898, the U.S. battleship Maine exploded in Havana harbor, killing 260 crewmen and leading to a U.S. declaration of war against Spain.

In 1933, President-elect Franklin Roosevelt narrowly escaped assassination in Miami when a fanatic fired several bullets at him, fatally wounding Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak instead.

In 1942, the British bastion of Singapore surrendered to the Japanese army in World War II.

In 1965, Canada adopted a new national flag featuring a maple leaf emblem.

In 1982, the oil-drilling rig Ocean Ranger capsized and sank in a storm off Newfoundland. All 84 people aboard were lost.

In 1990, President Bush held a drug summit in Colombia with the presidents of Colombia, Peru and Bolivia.

Also in 1990, Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry was indicted on eight counts of perjury and drug possession.
In 1991, Iraq announced that it was ready to withdraw from Kuwait but added a number of conditions, including Israel's return of the occupied territories.

Also in 1991, 100 people were killed when a tractor-trailer hauling dynamite overturned and exploded in Thailand.
In 1997, Tara Lipinski, 14, defeated defending women's champion Michelle Kwan to become the youngest U.S. Figure Skating Champion.

In 1999, Turkish agents captured Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan as he left the Greek embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.

In 2002, discovery of a human skull in a wooded area near a crematory in northwest Georgia led investigators to remains of more than 300 bodies that were to have been cremated but instead were stacked in sheds and in the woods.

In 2003, millions of people demonstrated against war in cities around the world, including New York, San Francisco, London, Paris and Berlin.

In 2004, two deadly fires in eastern China killed a reported 90 people.

[My Melody]

~ ~ ~ tweeeeeet tweet tweet tweet

peep! ;)



Good Morning Bentfeather and All

Happy Hearts!


Spring is in the Air ~ inside the

Lair!


SamW ~

He`s the bee`s knees!! :)


George Gordon ~ Lord Byron

singing of lovvvve


Bentfeather this and that...

yes, I read that Freddy Fender is singing! I`m in love I`m in love I`m in lovvvve ~~ I can`t hear him, but I hear him in my mind. If we have `listened and heard` something `once`

we`ll remember we`ll Remember


Where`s radu? I wanna see your

Beehive doo!! bzzzzzzzzzzz ;)



Byron, groups together some images here,

`Sweet is the hum
Of Bees, the voice of girls, the song of birds,
The lisp of children, and their earliest words.`



The bard Dartmoor,

`Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, the favourite three
That meet us ever in our summer walk.`



Splendor in the grass and clover ~ I remember you collie girl, you and the bumblebees*


Happy day :)

~ everybody *

[Texas Songwriter]

A POEM IS COME


What is this, comes creeping in,
Demanding time, paper, and pen,
And heart and soul and remembered friend
Amid the whys and wheres and when.
A thought or journey to begin,
Rising only to decend,
Toward a mark to comprehend
Just what to say or recommend,
Or dream or sing thoughts to commend
To one observer to amend
One view or thought to comprehend,
Before it passes to suspend
The verse to turn the world on end,
And make a difference among men.
A poem is come - where is my pen?

Jeffrey D.Russell copyright February 15, 2005

[Soaring Feather]

Hello Texas Songwriter,

Oh my, me thinks you have a perfect rhyme.

Thank You so much, it is delightful.

And I might add perfectly centered. HTML skills are coming along nicely.

[Soaring Feather]

Helga's (aka bentfeather) Helpful Daily Hint

Oh by golly dat Noskie gal,
she snuck in when Helga and Hagar where out on the Long Boat.
..hehehehehe...
Dat uff, da, she always makes Helga laugh!
She thinks she is a bird... tweet tweet!!
Helga thinks dat Norskie live too long, in the frosty land!

"Remember, people will judge you by your actions,
not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold --
but so does a hard-boiled egg."

Helga

[Soaring Feather]

Radu is a night person so rarely do we see her by daylight.

Her thing is gargoyles and '57 Chevies.

Hi Du, wish you were here!!! LOL

[Soaring Feather]

Warren Miller said, "Don't take life seriously
because you can't come out of it alive."

[Soaring Feather]

bentfeather and radu-2003-TN
A couple of fun loving gals.

[Soaring Feather]

MM, this is the top of the tree that came crashing down 2 years ago.
This is where I sit in my back yard.

[My Melody]

WHOO HOO!
YOU and RADU!


~~~~~Varoooooooom ChickaBoom!
I`ll race Du! can your car out run a horse? ;)


gonna catch me one their smiles!



*Happy Times*


Friendsip laces

Memory traces

Smiling faces

Going places



heart song

[My Melody]

Ohhhhhh ja Helga, dis looks yust

like my back yard tuuu, vere I sit

and tink like youuu...



it`s so norwegian ;)


ja now vhee go create an English

garden ja by golly!


den vat iss next to doo?

cuckooo ~ cuckooo

[My Melody]

I agree Bentfeather,

Texas Song Writer does write well,
it`s like his words breathe

together. I don`t know how he does
it without a pen. They must come

straight from Heaven.

[Soaring Feather]

My back Yard

Ferns and Birdbaths

Some of my plants.

My Clematis

Ja, MM dere Helga she like to have flowers, Hagar don't like Helga's flowers, Helga tell him take a ride it the Long Boat!
...hehehehehehe...Oh dat Helga, she just shuckin' along. BWAAAAAAAAAAA!!

[Soaring Feather]

Inside the manse.

[My Melody]

....are you having too much fun?

I did not hear dis vocal from da feather

before! bw bwa bwaaaaa bwaaaaaa BWAAAAAAAA ?




Uff`Da! ;)



You sure do have a pretty english garden to enjoy!

Do you have a marvelous Mercedes too? You know I

am only kidding you. :) no I`m not! tsk!


....watch her, watch her go...she`ll come back


in a BENTLEY! ja you yust watch out for da

wildflowers Helga vhen youu drive dat ting! I`ll

be watching out for youuu `I`m a daisy`

[Soaring Feather]

~Rockin Robin~