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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FOREIGN CHILDREN, by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Little indian, sioux, or crow
Last Line: O! Don't you wish that you were me?
Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour
Variant Title(s): A Child's Garden Of Verses: 28
Subject(s): Children; Childhood
First Line: Little indian, sioux, or crow
Last Line: O! Don't you wish that you were me?
Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour
Variant Title(s): A Child's Garden Of Verses: 28
Subject(s): Children; Childhood
LITTLE Indian, Sioux or Crow,
Little frosty Eskimo,
Little Turk or Japanee,
O! don't you wish that you were me?
You have seen the scarlet trees
And the lions over seas;
You have eaten ostrich eggs,
And turned the turtles off their legs.
Such a life is very fine,
But it's not so nice as mine:
You must often, as you trod,
Have wearied not to be abroad.
You have curious things to eat,
I am fed on proper meat;
You must dwell beyond the foam,
But l am safe and live at home.
Little Indian, Sioux or Crow,
Little frosty Eskimo,
Little Turk or Japanee,
O! don't you wish that you were me?
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