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SEE IT IN THE FLAMES from kendrive ^Pro 498 days old

I am coming towards the end of my alphabet of Victorian poets and today we move on to the letter 'S' with Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894). He ...

I AM FED ON PROPER MEAT from kendrive ^Pro 705 days old

[ ... ] at home. Little Indian, Sioux or Crow, Little frosty Eskimo, Little Turk or Japanee, Oh! don't you wish that you were me? Robert Louis Stevenson

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE from kendrive ^Pro 705 days old

[ ... ] into fairy land, Where all the children dine at five, And all the playthings come alive. Robert Louis Stevenson (From 'Child's Garden of Verses)

THE VAGABOND from kendrive ^Pro 709 days old

I first came across this poem as a song, set to music by the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. However, I note that Stevenson intended it to be sung ...

LEERIE from kendrive ^Pro 710 days old

If you read any of Stevenson's poems at school, you probably already know of Leerie, the lamplighter. THE LAMPLIGHTER My tea is nearly ready and ...

FASTER THAN THE FAIRIES from kendrive ^Pro 712 days old

[ ... ] in the road Lumping along with man and load; And here is a mill, and there is a river: Each a glimpse and gone forever! Robert Louis Stevenson

SHE'S SWIFT AND SINGING, SMOOTH AND STRONG from kendrive ^Pro 713 days old

[ ... ] ease, Forth and to travel with the breeze While, swift and singing, smooth and strong She gallops by the fields along. Robert Louis Stevenson

MAKE BELIEVE from kendrive ^Pro 714 days old

[ ... ] for days and days, And had the very best of plays; But Tom fell out and hurt his knee, So there was no one left but me. Robert Louis Stevenson

AWAY DOWN THE RIVER from kendrive ^Pro 714 days old

[ ... ] Robert Louis Stevenson This poem reminds me of the game of "Pooh Sticks". Did you ever play that? It derives from A.A. Milne's stories of ...

SEE IT IN THE FLAMES from kendrive ^Pro 719 days old

[ ... ] it? But in Stevenson's time there were plenty of open fires and in today's poem he discovers a phantom army. ARMIES IN THE FIRE The lamps ...