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Robert Louis Stevenson
(1850-1894 / Edinburgh / Scotland)
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  I saw you toss the kites on high
And blow the birds about the sky;
And all around I heard you pass,
Like ladies' skirts across the grass--
O wind, a-blowing all day long,
O wind, that sings so loud a song!

I saw the different things you did,
But always you yourself you hid.
I felt you push, I heard you call,
I could not see yourself at all--
O wind, a-blowing all day long,
O wind, that sings so loud a song!

O you that are so strong and cold,
O blower, are you young or old?
Are you a beast of field and tree,
Or just a stronger child than me?
O wind, a-blowing all day long,
O wind, that sings so loud a song!


Robert Louis Stevenson

Submitted Date Friday, January 03, 2003



Read poems about / on: wind, song, tree, child, sky, children

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Georgena White (2/6/2012 6:33:00 PM)
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hi i love it i am writing it now love you all
Javed Rizvi (7/9/2008 2:48:00 AM)
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there's something very profound about this poem of RL's. It hits upon ur emotions and makes u want ot cry each time u read it. I feel it has to do with rl's unique style and the simple, plaintve themes of his poems. they always bring out the child in u transporting u to the past and the subconscious memories that lie therein. a desperate craving for the past is the hallmark of all his poems. and his rhyme scheme is such that passions erupt within u like a volcano.
Risha Ahmed (12 yrs) (4/9/2007 1:29:00 AM)
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This poem is there in our school textbook. I just love reading it again and again till I learn it byheart.
 
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