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How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee due to the depth and breadth and height
of your collection, when feeling out of sorts
For overdue fines there are 3 days of grace.
I love thee to the level of every day’s
Most quiet need to sit and read.
I love thee for being free, for striving for what is right.
I love thee purely, as you love me.
I love thee with the passion put to use
for all those books I have browsed and some I borrowed.
I love thee with a love I share with free Wi-Fi
and air conditioning. I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, were it possible,
I should love thee better tomorrow.
With profound apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning…This Library Lovers’ Day let us know just how much you care. Write us a love letter between 14th February and 14th March and you could win a fabulous book pack to share with your loved ones. Call in to any branch from February 14 and fill in a Library Lovers’ postcard, telling us just what you love about libraries. Return it in person for a chance to win. There is a prize for the best entry returned to each branch.
Readers in the Mist 