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Seventh Birthday Poem
for grandniece Lilly |
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Israel 932 Creation (9-7-1965) |
7 days for God to unfold his creation 7 stars in the Big Dipper constellation |
Big Dipper Constellation in Ursa Major (Great Bear) 46 light-years from Earth |
Seven Days in a Week Desk Calendar |
7 days there are in a week 7 wise men were ancient Greeks |
Greece 558 Homer (issued 1-15-1954) |
Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. Lawrence (1922) | 7 pillars in the house of wisdom 7 electrons in the Nitrogen atom |
Nitrogen Atom 7 electrons |
Canada 85 "World Map" (issued 12-7-1898) |
7 continents floating on the 7 seas 7 leaves on twigs of red ash trees |
7 Leaves on Red Ash Tree |
Joshua and the Walls of Jericho by Simi Lu (2016) |
7 trumpets blown by Joshua's priests around the town 7th day the Jericho walls came tumbling down |
Jericho Walls Tumbled Down Joshua 6:1-20 |
Greece 972 7th Labor of Hercules (issued 3-16-1970) |
7th Labor of Hercules: slay the Cretan bull 7th wedding anniversary gift is wool ! |
Sheep's Wool is 7th wedding anniversary gift |
7 sides in triangle & square together they form a house of prayer |
7 sides make up the triangle & square Together they form a house of prayer |
Liechtenstein 100 Rofenberg Chapel (issued 8-12-1930) |
Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare |
7 metrical couplets from a sonnet rhyme 7 Wonders of the World from bygone times |
Egypt 65 "Pyramids" (issued 1922) |
Hungary 1339 "Snow White & Seven Dwarfs" (issued 12-1-1960) |
7 dwarfs dancing with Snow White 7 colors shining in rainbow light |
7 colors of rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet) Newton's Prism |
Musician plays the lyre with 7 strings |
7 strings Orpheus played on the lyre 7 blessings from the dove to inspire |
Czechoslovakia P19 7 Haleleru "Dove" (issued 4-30-1937) |
7th word in Genesis is "Heaven" |
7th word in Genesis is "Heaven" Happy Birthday Lilly! you are 7 ! |
7th Birthday Cake |
Peter Y. Chou
Mountain View, 3-5-2020