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A picture and a dig up from POTD's greatest hits. I would encourage you to have a little listen to Robert Louis Stevenson's lullaby-esque poem. The Stevenson family were great engineers and became tagged as "The Lighthouse Stevensons", Robert chose a different path and his writing words and stories probably made him the most famous Stevenson of them all. Chris following a spate of lighthouse pictures offered this up to POTD, one of the gems of the thread.
Neilc.morewood wrote: 04 Oct 2016, 15:56 He also wrote some lovely poetry.. I remember learning Leerie the lamplighter when I was young.
The Lamplighter Poem (by Robert Louis Stevenson)
My tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky;
It’s time to take the window to see Leerie going by;
For every night at teatime and before you take your seat,
With lantern and with ladder he comes posting up the street.
Now Tom would be a driver and Maria go to sea,
And my papa’s a banker and as rich as he can be;
But I, when I am stronger and can choose what I’m to do,
Oh Leerie, I’ll go round at night and light the lamps with you!
For we are very lucky, with a lamp before the door,
And Leerie stops to light it as he lights so many more;
And O! before you hurry by with ladder and with light,
O Leerie, see a little child and nod to him tonight!
And a very nice version put to music
If you're interested in lighthouses then a visit to the Fraserburgh lighthouse museum should be right up your street. really interesting. I can recommend it.
http://lighthousemuseum.org.uk/
PS and a Pic to keep it visual. St Mary's Lighthouse Whitley Bay
This was labelled as forsythia when I bought it.
