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When I am grown to man's estate
I shall be very proud and great,
And tell the other girls and boys
Not to meddle with my toys.
Ths poem is in the public domain.
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Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) is, for many of us, the first poet to whom we were introduced, through his wonderful book, A Child’s Garden of Verses. Though he came from a family of engineers and it was expected he would follow suit, Robert wrote stories even as a child; no one was really surprised when, three years into his engineering studies at the University of Edinburgh, he abandoned them to study writing. Always an avid traveller, despite lifelong poor health, Robert spent much of his life looking for a place to live that offered some respite from his illnesses. A prolific writer of poetry, fiction (Kidnapped, Treasure Island, and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hide are his best known), travelogues, and political essays, he is properly revered today as a major literary figure, although in the early twentieth century, he was temporarily dismissed and disdained as "a children's author." Ultimately, Robert ending up living in Samoa, happy and productive until a stroke abruptly ended his life at the age of 44.
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KevinArnold:
I love how this works on two levels?that of childhood and real hobby horses, and in the adult world too, where ?the only difference between men and boys is the price of their toys.?
Posted 01/30/2020 09:20 AM
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cork:
There can be power in four lines of verse.
Posted 01/30/2020 09:14 AM
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loveyou10:
This reminds me of when I worked as a camp counselor and this was every kid's dream. Oh how I wish I was back in those mountains!
Posted 01/30/2020 12:12 AM
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