FROM A RAILWAY CARRIAGE

FROM A RAILWAY CARRIAGE

1. WELCOME Submitted by, Shilpa Raveendran GCTE Thycaud

2. FROM A RAILWAY CARRIAGE BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

3. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894 born at 8 Howard Place, Edinburgh, Scotland. A scottish writer, poet, essayist and travelwriter. Famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

4. Faster than fairies,

5. Faster than witches,

6. Bridges and houses,

7. Hedges and Ditches;

8. Charging along like troops in a battle,

9. And cattles :

10. All of the sights of hill and plain

11. In the wink of an eye, painted stations whistle by.

12. All by himself gathering brambles,

13. Here is a tramp who stands and gazes;

14. And there is the green for stringing the daisies!

15. Here is a cart run away on the road lumping along with man and load,

16. And here is a mill and there is a water: each a glimpse and gone forever.

17. GLOSSARY Hedges -a fence or boundary formed by closely growing bushes or shrubs . Ditches -a narrow channel dug at the side of a road or field, to hold or carry away water. Meadows –a piece of grassland, especially one used for hay. Clambers –climb or move in an awkward and laborious way , typically using both hands and feet.

18. Scrambles-a difficult or hurried clamber up or over something . Brambles - a prickly scrambling shrub of the rose family , especially a blackberry. Tramp-a person who travels from place to place on foot in search of work or as a vagrant or beggar . Lump - carry (a heavy load) somewhere with difficulty.

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