In The Pages of a Book Poem.

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In the pages of a book

With just a look,

I can go anywhere

That I dare.

I have been to Rome

When Nero was on the throne,

I‘ve been to Sherwood

With Robin Hood.

I‘ve been in France

During a bloody dance,

I‘ve met Richard Lionheart

And Queen Elizabeth, struck by Cupid‘s dart.

I‘ve sailed with Sir Francis Drake

To San Francisco in his wake,

I‘ve come across the sea

When Pilgrims flee.

I met General Washington

When the war was won,

I‘ve discovered gold

And slept in the cold.

I have met talking beasts,

While attending great feasts,
I‘ve flown on spaceships,

And felt the sting of whips.

I’ve met Emma Woodhouse,

And Christopher Churchmouse,

I‘ve sailed up the Nile,

Studying Egypt the while.

I‘ve helped solve baffling crimes,

And have torn down pagan shrines,

I‘ve made many good friends,

Some whose tales have no ends.

I‘ve fallen in love
And flown high above,
I‘ve met heroes of old
And read letters in gold.

I‘ve been to worlds unknown
And walked on lands not owned,

I‘ve freed slaves

And gone down caves.

I‘ve been many people and things,
And met many people, creatures and things,

I‘ve been to the center of the earth,

And discovered much and nothing of worth.

All this and more
Without opening the front door,

I have done

And much experience I’ve won.

I can go anywhere

That I dare,

In the pages of a book

And all I have to do is look.