Robert Louis Stevenson Flashcards
sheets and blankets
bed-clothes
walking a long distance
tramping
the second largest island of the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland
Mull
bedspread; quilt
counterpane
small dips in the river
dimpling
the right side of a ship or aircraft
starboard
wide-open plain
dale
one of the Small Isles (islands) of Scotland’s Inner Hebrides
Rum
the left side of a ship or aircraft
port
groups of things (esp. ships, planes, etc.) operating together
fleets
what the speaker imagines he could see if he climbed a higher tree
where the river slips into the sea among ships, and where the roads lead into a magical fairy land
what the speaker does with his leaden soldiers
enacts various drills and uniforms, and moves them among the hills
what the speaker sees when he climbs the cherry tree in “Foreign Lands”
the next door garden adorned with flowers; the dimpling river reflecting the sky; people tramping into town on the dusty roads
other things the speaker does with his sheets
He sends his ships in fleets, brings out his trees and houses, and plants cities.
“Sing me a song of a lad that is gone …”
“Say, could that lad be I?”
