My Bed Is A Boat, by Robert Louis Stevenson

My bed is like a little boat;

Nurse helps me in when I embark;

She girds me in my sailor's coat

And starts me in the dark.

At night I go on board and say

Good-night to all my friends on shore;

I shut my eyes and sail away

And see and hear no more.

And sometimes things to bed I take,

As prudent sailors have to do;

Perhaps a slice of wedding-cake,

Perhaps a toy or two.

All night across the dark we steer;

But when the day returns at last,

Safe in my room beside the pier,

I find my vessel fast.

• click here to review some vocabulary from the poem

• see the mind map we elaborated from the poem (remember that you can extend this mind map and create new ones at bubbl.us

• if you missed the lesson or want to review it, see the PowerPoint presentation below:

My bed is a boat

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• see the following performances and videos that some people have created for this poem