(1850-1894 / Edinburgh / Scotland)

poet Robert Louis Stevenson
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A Thought

It is very nice to think
The world is full of meat and drink,
With little children saying grace
In every Christian kind of place.

Submitted: Friday, January 03, 2003


Read poems about / on: children, world, child

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  • Ruby Honeytip (10/2/2012 1:17:00 PM)

    I feel these are the musings of a very hungry man.....

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  • Kevin Straw (10/2/2012 11:40:00 AM)

    There is no evidence whatsoever that this poem is an ironical plea for the hungry of the world. It comes from A Child's Garden of Verses written for his childhood nurse and when Stevenson was a staunch conservative.

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  • Karen Sinclair (10/2/2012 12:42:00 AM)

    I believe (think) is the key word here.... it is very nice to think... i believe he realised it was not all so as people wished, hoped and expected...tyvm karen

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  • Ramesh T A (10/2/2011 2:23:00 PM)

    It is a poem of his time and not suitable for a all times to read appreciate! He is not much remembered for his poems and appreciated other than his novel, The Treasure Island!

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  • Sandile Perfect Ngema (10/2/2011 4:27:00 AM)

    Great Thought Indeed.

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  • JH Poetry (10/2/2010 11:09:00 AM)

    thought provoking, hm

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  • Guybrush Threepwood (10/2/2009 2:57:00 PM)

    I like how pretentious everyone is on this site. It seriously makes me laugh every day I come here. (See, I understand irony!)

    Anyway, the poem is a thought, thought by a man who thought quite a lot. (I'm still doing it!) If he meant for it to be ironic, he didn't do a great job of getting that across. If it's just a thought, well... then it's just a thought.

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  • Ravi A (10/2/2009 11:38:00 AM)

    A nice, good thought. Let is come true.

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  • Peter Maddox (10/2/2009 6:56:00 AM)

    Have read your readers comments and despair - do not these people understand irony?

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  • Christine Schmidt (10/2/2009 5:29:00 AM)

    Maybe he meant well, with a little sarcasm and hint of hope. Interesting poem. I like it-short and to the point.

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