Where Go the Boats?

- By Robert Louis Stevenson
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Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Kidnapped and A Child's Garden of Verses. Born and educated in Edinburgh, Stevenson suffered from serious bronchial trouble for much of his life, but continued to write prolifically and travel widely in defiance of his poor health. As a young man, he mixed in London literary circles, receiving encouragement from Andrew Lang, Edmund Gosse, Leslie Stephen and W. E. Henley, the last of whom may have provided the model for Long John Silver in Treasure Island. In 1890, he settled in Samoa where, alarmed at increasing European and American influence in the South Sea islands, his writing turned away from romance and adventure toward a darker realism. He died in his island home in 1894.[1]
Dark brown is the river,
Golden is the sand.
It flows along for ever,
With trees on either hand.
Green leaves a-floating,
Castles of the foam,
Boats of mine a-boating-
Where will all come home?
On goes the river,
And out past the mill,
Away down the valley,
Away down the hill.
Away down the river,
A hundred miles or more,
Other little children
Shall bring my boats ashore.
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Mill : a building equipped with machinery for grinding grain into flour.
Ashore : to or on the shore from the direction of the sea
Flow : (of a fluid, gas, or electricity) move along or out steadily and continuously in a current or stream
Valley : a low area of land between hills or mountains, typically with a river or stream flowing through it
Mine : used to refer to a thing or things belonging to or associated with the speaker

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Rating: A
Words: 72
Unique Words : 53
Sentences : 5
Reading Time : 0:19
Noun : 21
Conjunction : 5
Adverb : 9
Interjection : 0
Adjective : 4
Pronoun : 2
Verb : 9
Preposition : 7
Letter Count : 287
Sentiment : Positive
Tone : Formal
Difficult Words : 8
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