Todays saturday afternoon wargame tm saw arthur woodward and phil gray as, respectively, emperor valens and bacurius the iberian, take on a visigoth army led by jamie crawley and andy sangar. Im not ashamed to admit that this was the inspiration and template for my project covering the same topic. The game was based on the account of the battle of adrianople written by ammianus marcellinus. And sometimes for an hour or so i watched my leaden soldiers go, with different uniforms and drills, among the bedclothes, through the hills. The land of nod by robert louis stevenson duration.
So far i have the start of a european force the redcoated infantry could be british or irishinfrenchservice and some woebetideus tribesmen. This poem is from a childs garden of verses by robert louis stevenson. The poem the land of counterpane by robert louis stevenson is presented. The land of counterpane university theatre education. The song tells a heartfelt story of a sick child laying in bed all the while creating imaginative fantasies and landscapes out of the folds of. Robert louis stevenson was a scottish author, traveller and painter who wrote adventure novels, essays and travel stories during the late 1800s. Howard blake the official website of composer howard blake.
Complete collection of poems by robert louis stevenson born november, 1850, died december 3, 1894 as from the house your mother sees you playing round the garden trees. When i was sick and lay abed, i had two pillows at my head, and all my toys beside me lay, to keep me happy all the day. The waco crew worked up and put on 3 games at millenniumcon this past weekend. An animated film script, music and film direction by howard blake, drawings by mark reeve, animation by emmett elvin. The land of counterpane poem by robert louis stevenson poem. Ill at home, i am reminded of the robert louis stevenson poem, the land of counterpane, with its lovely sense of content selfsufficiency. Project auldearn covering montrose most famous victory in the english civil war.
In the spirit of taking a respite to heal, enter the imagination of writer and poet robert louis stevenson. The text is based on a poem, of the same title, by robert louis stevenson. Presents an illustrated poem from robert louis stevensons a childs garden of verses. The pleasant land of counterpane lost and found books. The land of counterpane when i was sick and lay abed, i had two pillos at my head. A childs garden of verses by robert louis stevenson. A songcycle to poems by robert louis stevenson for male speaker, film optional, choir and orchestra. The land of counterpane poem by robert louis stevenson. The land of counterpane from childs garden of verses when i was sick and lay abed, i had two pillows at my head, and all my toys beside me lay, to keep me happy all the day. And sometimes for an hour or so i watched my leaden soldiers go, with different uniforms and drills. A boy lies ill in bed in this vintage watercolour painting. I love blankets almost as much as i love shawls see the original wwmdfk.
The land of counterpane by robert louis stevenson famous. Sites and projects of others the land of counterpane. He wrote some wonderful stories for older children and for adults but is most famous for a book of. When i was sick and lay abed, i had two pillows at my head, and all my toys beside me lay. This month, ive compiled work by three poets whose writing meets those. The land of counterpane by robert louis stevenson rainy. Counterpane meaning in the cambridge english dictionary. That sits upon the pillowhill, and sees before him, dale and plain, the pleasant land of counterpane.
I understand what the poem is about but what im looking for is like the meaningmoral. Counterpane definition in the cambridge english dictionary. The land of counterpane by robert louis stevenson when i was sick and lay abed, i had two pillows at my head, and all my toys beside me lay to keep me happy all the day. What is the answers for the land of counterpane answers.
It is essentially a play on words, i believe, for it sounds like the bedspread served to counter pain, though counterpane has perhaps fallen out of common usage. A collection of rhyming poems for children, illustrated with blackandwhite drawings by artist frances plagens. The questions are written in fsa question types, but could still be great poetry practice for other standards. A night at the oscars at the jersey opera house on 31 january 2015 with the jersey chamber orchestra conducted by howard blake. When i was sick and lay abed, i had two pillows at my head.
When i was sick and lay abed the academy of american poets is the largest membershipbased nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting american poets. A childs garden of verses is a collection of poetry for children by the scottish author robert louis stevenson, a collection that concerns childhood, illness, play, and solitude. It child like in its view of the world like a child filled with curiousity. The battle was fought in 378ce in what is now bulgaria.
Stevenson dedicated the poems to his nurse cummy alison cunningham, who cared for him during his many childhood illnesses. Robert louis stevenson is best known as the author of the childrens classic treasure island 1882, and the adult horror story, the strange case of dr. The poems are repeated on several different task cards to encourage multiple readings for fluency and close reading. One could argue that robert louis stevensons a childs garden of verses is one of the best childrens poetry books ever written. Howard blake the land of counterpane in childrens chorus. I couldnt remember who wrote this poem and it was the last time i ever looked it as i. There are so many poems evocative of childhood that will bring back memories for many readers and reading these poems aloud even to oneself is an absolute delight. Selected poems, lit2go edition, 19, accessed april 06. A childs garden of verses is a book of poetry for children.
After reading antony and cleopatra robert louis stevenson. The land of counterpane from a childs garden of verses by robert louis stevenson read by grampa beesley. These examples are from the cambridge english corpus and from sources on the web. A resource site for teachers, parents, and home schoolers. The land of counterpane when i was sick and lay abed when i was sick and lay abed the academy of american poets is the largest membershipbased nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting american poets. The land of counterpane from the set poetry for children sheets become plains, and pillows hills, in this robert louis stevenson poem about a child who plays with toy soldiers while sick in bed. Having got a few woebetides 18th century forces painted i decided to have a go at some solo sharp practice just to try them out. Robert louis stevensons poem the land of counterpane.
A childs garden of verses, 1885 robert louis stevenson. Stevensons the land of counterpane associates illness with. This book is an uniquely beautiful anthology of 95 poems with 52 of them read aloud on the accompanying cd. Comprehensive, detailed, lots of pictures and examples, methodical and updated regularly. Students will read the poem and answer questions on the theme, the language, and the.
The land of counterpane by robert louis stevenson vsgames. The first game was a large marlborough game on a 6. Each stitch pattern stays the same long enough to be noticeable, but changes often enough that you. The land of counterpane when i was sick and lay abed. In keeping with the idea of an actual land of counterpane in robert louis stevensons childs garden of verses, to me the different sections of the blanket resemble fields and hills or a racetrack for toy cars. A map of an imaginary island gave stevenson the idea for the first story, and a nightmare supplied the premise of the second. The land of counterpane poetry for children stevenson, robert louis, harrison, nancy on. Robert louis stevenson november 1850 3 december 1894 was a scottish novelist and travel writer, most noted for treasure island, kidnapped, strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde, and a childs garden of verses born and educated in edinburgh, stevenson suffered from serious bronchial trouble for much of his life, but continued to write prolifically and travel widely in defiance of his. Stevenson is also wellknown for his classic novels treasure island and kidnapped.
Classic poems for children the land of counterpane by robert louis stevenson. The land of counterpane by robert louis stevenson poems. Robert louis stevenson, the land of counterpane, a childs garden of verses. Sheets become plains, and pillows hills, in this robert louis stevenson poem about a child who plays with toy soldiers while sick in bed. The land of counterpane by robert louis stevenson youtube. When i was sick and lay abed i had two pillows at my head and all my toys beside me lay. The friday poem the land of counterpane by robert louis. The collection first appeared in 1885 under the title penny whistles, but has been reprinted many times, often in illustrated versions. The poems will draw childrens attention and imaginations with poems of day dreams and make believe. Short video of the poem the land of counterpane by robert louis stevenson. This is an original work written in the key of c major for two part treble choir. The collection includes some of stevensons most famous poems, including the land of counterpane, my shadow and the lamplighter. Poem the land of counterpane by robert louis stevenson. A counterpane is a bedspread like you see here in smiths original illustration for this poem.
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