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Selected English readings for recitation: Robert Stevenson
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| Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850–1894). A Child’s Garden of Verses and Underwoods. 1913. |
| 31. The Lamplighter |
| MY tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky; | |
| It’s time to take the window to see Leerie going by; | |
| For every night at teatime and before you take your seat, | |
| With lantern and with ladder he comes posting up the street. | |
| Now Tom would be a driver and Maria go to sea, | 5 |
| And my papa’s a banker and as rich as he can be; | |
| But I, when I am stronger and can choose what I’m to do, | |
| O Leerie, I’ll go round at night and light the lamps with you! | |
| For we are very lucky, with a lamp before the door, | |
| And Leerie stops to light it as he lights so many more; | 10 |
| And O! before you hurry by with ladder and with light; | |
| O Leerie, see a little child and nod to him to-night! |
转自：http://www.bartleby.com/188/131.html
《点灯的人 The Lamplighter》：献给某位去年逝世的老师。
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