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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHERE GO THE BOATS?, by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Dark brown is the river
Last Line: Shall bring my boats ashore.
Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour
Variant Title(s): A Child's Garden Of Verses: 14
Subject(s): Boats; Imagination; Rivers; Fancy
First Line: Dark brown is the river
Last Line: Shall bring my boats ashore.
Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour
Variant Title(s): A Child's Garden Of Verses: 14
Subject(s): Boats; Imagination; Rivers; Fancy
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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