Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850–1894). A Child’s Garden of Verses and Underwoods. 1913.
34. The Swing
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Up in the air so blue?
Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
Ever a child can do!
Till I can see so wide,
Rivers and trees and cattle and all
Over the countryside—
Down on the roof so brown—
Up in the air I go flying again,
Up in the air and down!