Summer Sun

Robert Louis Stevenson

1850 to 1894

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Reconstruct the poem by dragging each line into its correct position. Your goal is to reassemble the original poem as accurately as possible. As you move the lines, you'll see whether your arrangement is correct, helping you explore the poem's flow and meaning. You can also print out the jumbled poem to cut up and reassemble in the classroom. Either way, take your time, enjoy the process, and discover how the poet's words come together to create something truly beautiful.

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And sheds a warm and glittering look
Though closer still the blinds we pull
He, through the keyhole, maketh glad;
And through the broken edge of tiles
To please the child, to paint the rose,
The dusty attic, spider-clad,
To keep the shady parlour cool,
Round the bright air with footing true,
Meantime his golden face around
More thick than rain he showers his rays.
Into the laddered hay-loft smiles.
Among the ivy's inmost nook.
Above the hills, along the blue,
And in the blue and glowing days
He bares to all the garden ground,
To slip his golden fingers through.
Through empty heaven without repose;
Yet he will find a chink or two
Great is the sun, and wide he goes
The gardener of the World, he goes.