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      Now as I was young and easy under the apple boughs

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      The night above the dingle starry,

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      THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE
      by William Butler Yeats

      I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
      And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;
      Nine bean rows will I have there, a hive for the honey bee,
      And live alone in the bee-loud glade.

      And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,
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      There midnight's all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
      And evening full of the linnet's wings.

      I will arise and go now, for always night and day
      I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
      While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements gray,
      I hear it in the deep heart's core.



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    « Celebrating My Boys | Main | Books We Love, Part 4 »

    December 10, 2005

    Books We Love, Part 5

    Some books Jane particularly enjoys (and reads repeatedly):

    0385320434101_aa_scmzzzzzzz_Mistakes that Worked by Charlotte Jones.

    So You Want to Be President? by Judith St. George.

    The Anybodies by N. E. Bode
    The Nobodies by N. E. Bode

    Rowan of Rin and the rest of the series by Emily Rodda.

    Emily of New Moon, Emily Climbs, and Emily's Quest, and of course the entire Anne of Green Gables series, all by L. M. Montgomery. Not to mention her favorite Montgomery book, the book from which she takes her alias on this blog: Jane of Lantern Hill.

    The Winged Watchman by Hilda van Stockum. Also by this author: The Cottage at Bantry Bay, Pegeen, and The Mitchells: Five for Victory. (And many more.)

    The Complete Fairy Tales of George Macdonald. Also The Princess and the Goblin and The Princess and Curdie.

    The Wright Brothers by Quentin Reynolds.

    Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine. Also—and Rose is a HUGE fan of these as well—all of the Princess Tales books by this author.

    Loyola Kids Book of Heroes and Loyola Kids Book of Saints (Loyola Kids) by Amy Welborn.

    Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson.

    Linnets and Valerians and The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge.

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