The Swing by Robert Louis Stevenson (Children's Poem)

The Swing
Robert Louis Stevenson

Most famous for his novels including Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Treasure Island, Stevenson was also a poet. He is probably best known for A Child’s Garden of Verses. The poem 'The Swing' is from this collection.

How do you like to go up in a swing,
Up in the air so blue?
Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
Ever a child can do!

Up in the air and over the wall,
Till I can see so wide,
River and trees and cattle and all
Over the countryside

Till I look down on the garden green,
Down on the roof so brown—
Up in the air I go flying again,
Up in the air and down!

From a Child's garden of Verses (1885)

You can download a free printable poem from the Pure Star Kids Teachers Pay Teachers page here