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Jane's birthday was Saturday. Rudyard Kipling wrote these lines in her honor:

Jane lies in Winchester--
Blessed be her shade!
Praise the Lord for making her,
And her for all she made!

And while the stones of Winchester,
Or Milsom Street, remain,
Glory, love, and honour
Unto England's Jane!

Jane is buried in Winchester, of course, and Milsom Street was (and still is) one of the fashionable shopping streets in Bath. Anne, Elizabeth, and Mrs. Clay in Persuasion are in Milsom Street when they duck into Molland's to escape the rain and Anne spots Captain Wentworth for the first time since the tragedy at Lyme.

In her honor, I have set up a feed to this blog, which every day publishes a quotation from her work, compiled by Lori Smith, author of A Walk with Jane (coming in September '07). Click on [livejournal.com profile] j_austen_quotes and add it to your friends page.

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Date: 2006-12-18 03:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sarahtales.livejournal.com
I love the Kipling poem! I hadn't ever seen it before.

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Date: 2006-12-19 01:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] faithhopetricks.livejournal.com
Oh wow, that's the BEST icon ever.

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