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buttercups
Beyond me in the fields the sun
Soaks in the grass and hath his will;
I count the marguerites one by one;
Even the buttercups are still.

–Archibald Lampman (1861–99)

Wednesday, July 17, 2019
198th day of the year
Autumn begins in 68 days

Bitty Schram (actress) was born on this day in 1968.
Morgan Paull (actor) died on this day in 2012.


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