Textbook (verbatim transcription): Boats Sail on the Rivers
Verbatim transcription of the printed NCTB textbook pages.
Printed page 52
After completing the lesson students will be able to
A. Listen to, read and then recite the poem.
Boats sail on the rivers
- Christina Georgina Rossetti
Boats sail on the rivers, And ships sail on the seas; But clouds that sail across the sky Are prettier far than these.
There are bridges on the rivers, As pretty as you please; But the bow that bridges heaven, And overtops the trees, And builds a road from earth to sky, Is prettier far than these.
Figure
Description: A rainbow arches over a landscape of trees, hills and a stream falling over rocks, with a small figure standing at the bottom and a bird flying in the sky.
A1. What bow is the poet talking about when she says, 'But the bow that bridges heaven'?
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