tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post337649928027123790..comments2024-03-28T15:00:12.581-04:00Comments on Letters from a Hill Farm: Today's poem by Robert Louis StevensonNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-17523234970267592682012-08-31T10:49:25.677-04:002012-08-31T10:49:25.677-04:00I think this one is less familiar. It has more of ...I think this one is less familiar. It has more of an adult sensibility than the others. I like how Kay called it 'wistful' and Jeff said 'bittersweet.' Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-53801390085977957082012-08-31T10:06:59.530-04:002012-08-31T10:06:59.530-04:00Nan, what a lovely poem to post. I don't know ...Nan, what a lovely poem to post. I don't know this one as well as some of the others that have already been mentioned, some of which I used to able to recite by heart... doubt I could do it now though. Christine Hardinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09814026435889782750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-84098735304917710162012-08-29T18:01:10.850-04:002012-08-29T18:01:10.850-04:00I found it online!! If anyone reading this is inte...I found it online!! If anyone reading this is interested here's the address:<br /><br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b016fs6f/Afternoon_Drama_Stevenson_in_Love_The_Amateur_Emigrant/<br /><br />I also get BBC 4 on my Apple TV. So I am psyched!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-58165736374992014182012-08-29T15:02:26.498-04:002012-08-29T15:02:26.498-04:00I didn't either. I was going to post another, ...I didn't either. I was going to post another, more familiar one, but this one tugged at my heart, and I wanted to put it on the blog. Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-36020852235331741542012-08-29T15:01:47.251-04:002012-08-29T15:01:47.251-04:00I must see if I can get this station. I hear of su...I must see if I can get this station. I hear of such wonders it presents. You are very lucky this is just part of your radio life! Thanks. I hope I can find it.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-35787697251808180032012-08-29T15:00:57.246-04:002012-08-29T15:00:57.246-04:00Exactly.Exactly.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-18624442576848110752012-08-29T15:00:30.484-04:002012-08-29T15:00:30.484-04:00I've emailed my library and asked them to ILL ...I've emailed my library and asked them to ILL it. I've been meaning to read this, and She Walks in Beauty: A Woman's Journey Through Poetry. Thank you for the reminder!<br />I have a little Golden Book of a few RLS poems that I still love.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-46234059993877604642012-08-29T13:32:19.292-04:002012-08-29T13:32:19.292-04:00I didn't remember this lovely poem, but severa...I didn't remember this lovely poem, but several other Child's Garden of Verses" poems are embedded in my memory. Thank you for this one.Sallie (FullTime-Life)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15442598857394838271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-6936092110731400242012-08-29T13:23:20.868-04:002012-08-29T13:23:20.868-04:00Radio 4 (UK) recently did a radio play of RLS when...Radio 4 (UK) recently did a radio play of RLS when he travelled across the US to be with the woman he loved. Starred David Tennant. If you can get it at all it is worth a listen.Adelenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-69127109398136956222012-08-29T11:09:29.348-04:002012-08-29T11:09:29.348-04:00Almost bittersweet...
Thanks for posting this, Na...Almost bittersweet...<br /><br />Thanks for posting this, Nan!<br /><br />- J.Jeffhttp://www.lazarusdodge.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-14936837835949195232012-08-29T10:45:15.883-04:002012-08-29T10:45:15.883-04:00In “The Best-loved poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Ona...In “The Best-loved poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis / (selected and introduced by Caroline Kennedy).” ISBN 0-7868-6809-0 are three poems by Robert Louis Stevenson. Included are THE LAND OF COUNTERPANE, THE SWING, and BED IN SUMMER. It’s a wonderful collection and there are photographs galore of the family. Highly recommended for anyone partial to poetry and remembers reading Robert Louis Stevenson to their children.<br />Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02014200443279957847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-69322238842240600492012-08-29T10:36:24.045-04:002012-08-29T10:36:24.045-04:00The whole thing is online here:
http://www.poetry...The whole thing is online here:<br /><br />http://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/stevenson/collections/childs_garden_of_verses.html<br /><br />and there is indeed a poem called The Lamplighter.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-80128091170667077192012-08-29T10:23:04.738-04:002012-08-29T10:23:04.738-04:00Thanks for reminding me of this, Nan. I have the b...Thanks for reminding me of this, Nan. I have the book somewhere, must fish it out. It was given to me for my 5th or 6th birthday, I think. Isn't there a poem about a lamplighter in there somewhere? 'Oh Leerie, light the lamps...' is all I can recall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-58573003479517755812012-08-29T09:34:48.623-04:002012-08-29T09:34:48.623-04:00I felt that too. And so beautifully expressed.I felt that too. And so beautifully expressed.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-70701042047242103092012-08-29T09:33:43.790-04:002012-08-29T09:33:43.790-04:00I own a biography of him I'm hoping to read so...I own a biography of him I'm hoping to read soon. I don't know much about the man. But I do love those poems. Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-67391709568837092692012-08-29T02:29:03.642-04:002012-08-29T02:29:03.642-04:00This is such a beautiful, wistful poem, Nan. It m...This is such a beautiful, wistful poem, Nan. It makes me a little sad...Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461569436322815787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-32522986189862567482012-08-28T18:17:29.666-04:002012-08-28T18:17:29.666-04:00Thanks, Nan, so nice to be reminded of the Child&#...Thanks, Nan, so nice to be reminded of the Child's Garden of Verse -- and of childhood. The one that always comes into my mind when the seasons change is: "In winter I get up at night/And dress by yellow candlelight/In summer quite the other way/I have to go to bed by day." I remember the light nights of Northern Europe and the short days ... R.L.Stevenson captured so much through--or for--the eyes of a child.Dorothy Jameshttp://www.myplaceformystery.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-56551614530910900482012-08-28T14:13:29.528-04:002012-08-28T14:13:29.528-04:00It is lovely, isn't it. And somehow it felt li...It is lovely, isn't it. And somehow it felt like late August to me.<br />I've meant to write about the no-computer time, but haven't had a chance. Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-14979512119955417872012-08-28T13:50:10.956-04:002012-08-28T13:50:10.956-04:00Lovely poem. I had not seen it before. Thanks. By ...Lovely poem. I had not seen it before. Thanks. By the way Nan, were you refreshed by your time off?betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777978398680764604noreply@blogger.com