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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SYSTEM, by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Every night my prayers I say Last Line: Or else his dear papa is poor. Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour Variant Title(s): A Child's Garden Of Verses: 19 Subject(s): Prayer | |||
Every night my prayers I say, And get my dinner every day; And every day that I've been good, I get an orange after food. The child that is not clean and neat, With lots of toys and things to eat, He is a naughty child, I'm sure -- Or else his dear papa is poor. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN LISTEN, LORD: A PRAYER by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON A PRAYER FOR THE FUTURE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) DIFFERENT WAYS TO PRAY by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE PRAYER DURING A TIME MY SON IS HAVING SEIZURES by SHARON OLDS WE WHO PRAYED AND WEPT by WENDELL BERRY PRAYERS AND SAYINGS OF THE MAD FARMER by WENDELL BERRY LAST NIGHT WE HAD A THUNDERSTORM IN STYLE by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON |
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