Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY BED IS A BOAT, by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My bed is like a little boat Last Line: I find my vessel fast. Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour Variant Title(s): A Child's Garden Of Verses: 31 Subject(s): Beds | ||||||||
My bed is like a little boat; Nurse helps me in when I embark; She girds me in my sailor's coat And starts me in the dark. At night I go on board and say Good-night to all my friends on shore; I shut my eyes and sail away And see and hear no more. And sometimes things to bed I take, As prudent sailors have to do; Perhaps a slice of wedding-cake, Perhaps a toy or two. All night across the dark we steer; But when the day returns at last, Safe in my room beside the pier, I find my vessel fast. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY GRANDMOTHER'S BED by EDWARD HIRSCH FOR THE BED AT KELMSCOTT by WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896) NORTH-WEST PASSAGE: 3. IN PORT by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON THE LAND OF COUNTERPANE by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON IN THE ROOM by JAMES THOMSON (1834-1882) WELCOME GUEST by JEAN D. ARMSTRONG REJUVENATION by ALICE LOUISE CARY WHOSE ARE THE LITTLE BEDS,' I ASKED by EMILY DICKINSON A GOOD PLAY by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON |
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