Poetry Friday
Jo(e) recommended blogging some poetry on Friday. I thought that sounded fun so here is one of my favorite poems (it is also a favorite of my mother).
The Swing
by Robert Louis Stevenson
How do you like to go up in a swing,
Up in the air so blue?
Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
Ever a child can do!
Up in the air and over the wall,
Till I can see so wide,
River and trees and cattle and all
Over the countryside--
Till I look down on the garden green,
Down on the roof so brown--
Up in the air I go flying again,
Up in the air and down!
funny thing is that i always thought the first line was: "Oh, how I love to go up in a swing...
The Swing
by Robert Louis Stevenson
How do you like to go up in a swing,
Up in the air so blue?
Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
Ever a child can do!
Up in the air and over the wall,
Till I can see so wide,
River and trees and cattle and all
Over the countryside--
Till I look down on the garden green,
Down on the roof so brown--
Up in the air I go flying again,
Up in the air and down!
funny thing is that i always thought the first line was: "Oh, how I love to go up in a swing...
posted by mendi-la at
3:26 PM
3 Comments:
Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses was one of my favorite books when I was a child. My mother used to read it to me over and over again until I had most of the poems memorized. Two of my favorites were Farewell to the Farm and The Lamplighter.
Naturally I read the book over and over to my own children.
It made my day to click over here this morning and see this poem.
By
jo(e), at 1/23/2006 6:55 AM
thx jo(e)!
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mendi-la, at 1/23/2006 10:27 PM
i vaguely remember that one...
By
jayfish, at 1/24/2006 10:25 AM
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