{"id":169,"date":"2008-04-24T09:18:38","date_gmt":"2008-04-24T08:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/juno-magic.fancrone.net\/blog\/2008\/04\/24\/inpm-24-the-land-of-story-books\/"},"modified":"2016-12-10T10:55:48","modified_gmt":"2016-12-10T09:55:48","slug":"inpm-24-the-land-of-story-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/juno-magic.fancrone.net\/blog\/2008\/04\/24\/inpm-24-the-land-of-story-books","title":{"rendered":"INPM #24: The Land of Story Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"icon The Land of Story Books<\/strong><\/p>\n

At evening when the lamp is lit,
\nAround the fire my parents sit;
\nThey sit at home and talk and sing,
\nAnd do not play at anything.<\/p>\n

Now, with my little gun, I crawl
\nAll in the dark along the wall,
\nAnd follow round the forest track
\nAway behind the sofa back.<\/p>\n

There, in the night, where none can spy,
\nAll in my hunter’s camp I lie,
\nAnd play at books that I have read
\nTill it is time to go to bed.<\/p>\n

These are the hills, these are the woods,
\nThese are my starry solitudes;
\nAnd there the river by whose brink
\nThe roaring lions come to drink.<\/p>\n

I see the others far away
\nAs if in firelit camp they lay,
\nAnd I, like to an Indian scout,
\nAround their party prowled about.
\nSo, when my nurse comes in for me,
\nHome I return across the sea,
\nAnd go to bed with backward looks
\nAt my dear Land of Story Books.<\/p>\n

– Robert Louis Stevenson<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Lots of thanks to , who posted the poem earlier this month and didn’t mind when I squeed muchly and told her that I simply would have to repost it for today’s line in my INPM project 2008.<\/lj><\/p>\n

Overview: (Inter-)National Poetry Month 2008 \u00c2\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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