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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UNDERWOODS: BOOK 1: 32. A CAMP, by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: The bed was made, the room was fit
Last Line: At god's green caravanserai.
Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour
Variant Title(s): Camper's Night Song
Subject(s): Beds; Night; Bedtime
First Line: The bed was made, the room was fit
Last Line: At god's green caravanserai.
Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour
Variant Title(s): Camper's Night Song
Subject(s): Beds; Night; Bedtime
THE bed was made, the room was fit,
By punctual eve the stars were lit;
The air was still, the water ran,
No need was there for maid or man,
When we put up, my ass and I,
At God's green caravanserai.
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