| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| Pirate Story |
| | | Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–94) |
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| THREE of us afloat in the meadow by the swing, | |
| Three of us aboard in the basket on the lea. | |
| Winds are in the air, they are blowing in the spring, | |
| And waves are on the meadow like the waves there are at sea. | |
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| Where shall we adventure, to-day that we ’re afloat, | 5 |
| Wary of the weather and steering by a star? | |
| Shall it be to Africa, a-steering of the boat, | |
| To Providence, or Babylon, or off to Malabar? | |
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| Hi! but here ’s a squadron a-rowing on the sea— | |
| Cattle on the meadow a-charging with a roar! | 10 |
| Quick, and we ’ll escape them, they ’re as mad as they can be, | |
| The wicket is the harbor and the garden is the shore. | |
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