The month of July is the hottest of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. It invites to explore the most beautiful beaches in the world and to find a cool place in the far north or in the high mountains.

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July

Sunshine and shadow play amid the trees
In bosky groves, while from the vivid sky
The sun’s gold arrows fleck the fields at noon,
      Where weary cattle to their slumber hie.
How sweet the music of the purling rill,
Trickling adown the grassy hill!
While dreamy fancies come to give repose
When the first star of evening glows.

Author: Henrietta Cordelia Ray (1849-1916), public domain.
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