{"id":278,"date":"2017-01-08T18:11:15","date_gmt":"2017-01-08T23:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasnaindiana.org\/?p=278"},"modified":"2017-01-08T18:11:15","modified_gmt":"2017-01-08T23:11:15","slug":"toast-for-2016-jane-austen-birthday-celebration-by-sue-landaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasnaindiana.org\/index.php\/2017\/01\/08\/toast-for-2016-jane-austen-birthday-celebration-by-sue-landaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Toast for 2016 Jane Austen Birthday Celebration by Sue Landaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h1 pg-1y0 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x2 pg-1h1 pg-1y2 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">Please forgive the absence of iambic pentameter<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x2 pg-1h1 pg-1y3 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">And remember that these lines were writ by an amateur.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x2 pg-1h1 pg-1y4 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">In the present day with its lack of good taste<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x2 pg-1h1 pg-1y5 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">And its \u201cbusy little nothings\u201d setting our pace,<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x2 pg-1h1 pg-1y6 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">Its absence of decorum, of manners and grace<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x2 pg-1h1 pg-1y7 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">With rudeness and coarseness, alas, in their place<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x2 pg-1h1 pg-1y8 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">We oft turn to Austen for a glimpse of the past<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x2 pg-1h1 pg-1y9 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">With its behavior more civilized and love that will last,<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x2 pg-1h1 pg-1ya pg-1ff2 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">And dramas of life so eloquently penned<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x2 pg-1h1 pg-1yb pg-1ff2 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">With humor and satire and wit without end<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x2 pg-1h1 pg-1yc pg-1ff2 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">Elinor and Marianne, Elizabeth and Jane,<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x2 pg-1h1 pg-1yd pg-1ff2 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">Captured our hearts and led us through pain,<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x2 pg-1h1 pg-1ye pg-1ff2 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">And dear Emma with her friends with something to hide,<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x2 pg-1h1 pg-1yf pg-1ff2 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">And Fanny whom some of us just cannot abide,<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x2 pg-1h1 pg-1y10 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">And Catherine too young and Anne more mature<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x2 pg-1h1 pg-1y11 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">Who finally show us that love can endure.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x2 pg-1h1 pg-1y12 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">So for the ultimate bliss of all these dear lasses,<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x2 pg-1h1 pg-1y13 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">To Jane, our dear Jane, we all lift our glasses.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please forgive the absence of iambic pentameter And remember that these lines were writ by an amateur. 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