Namely, 78

NAMELY

eponyms (EP-uh-nimz)

words based on or derived from a person's name.

First Known Use: mid-19^th century

“What’s in a Name?”

Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, 2.2­

78: July: the seventh month of the year, between June and August (from Julius Caesar, died in 44 BCE, the Roman general and emperor; first known use of the word,  ca. 1599)

It was a long-ago July

When I met Joyce, who’d be my wife.

Oh, I was such a lucky guy—

An accident that changed my life.

But accident—a feeble word

For that chance meeting long ago.

The Phoenix just another bird?

Oh, you know that just isn’t so!

So—ever since, I’ve loved July,

A month when Chance gave me a gift.

The years since then have seemed to fly—

Oh, why must happiness be swift?