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WHERE GO THE BOATS? by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

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First Line: DARK BROWN IS THE RIVER
Last Line: SHALL BRING MY BOATS ASHORE.
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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