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THE WORKS OF
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
SWANSTON EDITION
VOLUME XIV
_Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five
Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS
STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies
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[Illustration: ALISON CUNNINGHAM, R. L. S.'S NURSE]
THE WORKS OF
ROBERT LOUIS
STEVENSON
VOLUME FOURTEEN
LONDON : PUBLISHED BY CHATTO AND
WINDUS : IN ASSOCIATION WITH CASSELL
AND COMPANY LIMITED : WILLIAM
HEINEMANN : AND LONGMANS GREEN
AND COMPANY MDCCCCXI
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
CONTENTS
A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
PAGE
I. BED IN SUMMER 3
In winter I get up at night
II. A THOUGHT 3
It is very nice to think
III. AT THE SEA-SIDE 4
When I was down beside the sea
IV. YOUNG NIGHT THOUGHT 4
All night long, and every night
V. WHOLE DUTY OF CHILDREN 5
A child should always say what's true
VI. RAIN 5
The rain is raining all around
VII. PIRATE STORY 5
Three of us afloat in the meadow by the swing
VIII. FOREIGN LANDS 6
Up into the cherry-tree
IX. WINDY NIGHTS 7
Whenever the moon and stars are set
X. TRAVEL 7
I should like to rise and go
XI. SINGING 9
Of speckled eggs the birdie sings
XII. LOOKING FORWARD 9
When I am grown to man's estate
XIII. A GOOD PLAY 9
We built a ship upon the stairs
XIV. WHERE GO THE BOATS? 10
Dark brown is the river
XV. AUNTIE'S SKIRTS 11
Whenever Auntie moves around
XVI. THE LAND OF COUNTERPANE 11
When I was sick and lay a-bed
XVII. THE LAND OF NOD 12
From breakfast on all through the day
XVIII. MY SHADOW 12
I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me
XIX. SYSTEM 13
Every night my prayers I say
XX. A GOOD BOY 14
I woke before the morning, I was happy all the day
XXI. ESCAPE AT BEDTIME 14
The lights from the parlour and kitchen shone out
XXII. MARCHING SONG 15
Bring the comb and play upon it
XXIII. THE COW 16
The friendly cow, all red and white
XXIV. HAPPY THOUGHT 16
The world is so full of a number of things
XXV. THE WIND 16
I saw you toss the kites on high
XXVI. KEEPSAKE MILL 17
Over the borders, a sin without pardon
XXVII. GOOD AND BAD CHILDREN 18
Children, you are very little
XXVIII. FOREIGN CHILDREN 19
Little Indian, Sioux or Crow
XXIX. THE SUN'S TRAVELS 20
The sun is not a-bed when I
XXX. THE LAMPLIGHTER 20
My tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky
XXXI. MY BED IS A BOAT 21
My bed is like a little boat
XXXII. THE MOON 22
The moon has a face like the clock in the hall
XXXIII. THE SWING 22
How do you like to go up in a swing
XXXIV. TIME TO RISE 23
A birdie with a yellow bill
XXXV. LOOKING-GLASS RIVER 23
Smooth it slides upon its travel
XXXVI. FAIRY BREAD 24
Come up here, O dusty feet
XXXVII. FROM A RAILWAY CARRIAGE 24
Faster than fairies, faster than witches
XXXVIII. WINTER-TIME 25
Late lies the wintry sun a-bed
XXXIX. THE HAYLOFT 26
Through all the pleasant meadow-side
XL. FAREWELL TO THE FARM 26
The coach is at the door at last
XLI. North-West Passage 27
1. GOOD NIGHT 27
When the bright lamp is carried in
2. SHADOW MARCH 28
All round the house is the jet-black night
3. IN PORT 28
Last, to the chamber where I lie
THE CHILD ALONE
I. THE UNSEEN PLAYMATE 31
When children are playing alone on the green
II. MY SHIP AND I 32
O it's I that am the captain of a tidy little ship
III. MY KINGDOM 32
Down by a shining water well
IV. PICTURE-BOOKS IN WINTER 33
Summer fading, winter comes
V. MY TREASURES 34
These nuts, that I keep in the back of the nest
VI. BLOCK CITY 35
What are you able to build with your blocks
VII. THE LAND OF STORY-BOOKS 36
At evening when the lamp is lit
VIII. ARMIES IN THE FIRE 37
The lamps now glitter down the street
IX. THE LITTLE LAND 38
When at home alone I sit
GARDEN DAYS
I. NIGHT AND DAY 43
When the golden day is done
II. NEST EGGS 44
Birds all the sunny day
III. THE FLOWERS 46
All the names I know from nurse
IV. SUMMER SUN 46
Great is the sun, and wide he goes
V. THE DUMB SOLDIER 47
When the grass was closely mown
VI. AUTUMN FIRES 49
In the other gardens
VII. THE GARDENER 49
The gardener does not love to talk
VIII. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 50
Dear Uncle Jim, this garden ground
ENVOYS
I. TO WILLIE AND HENRIETTA 55
If two may read aright
II. TO MY MOTHER 55
You too, my mother, read my rhymes
III. TO AUNTIE 56
_Chief of our aunts_--not only I
IV. TO MINNIE 56
The red room with the giant bed
V. TO MY NAME-CHILD 58
Some day soon this rhyming volume, if you learn
with proper speed.
VI. TO ANY READER 59
As from the house your mother sees
UNDERWOODS
BOOK I: IN ENGLISH
I. ENVOY 67
Go, little book, and wish to all
II. A SONG OF THE ROAD 67
The gauger walked with willing foot
III. THE CANOE SPEAKS 68
On the great streams the ships may go
IV. 70
It is the season now to go
V. THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL 71
_A naked house, a naked moor_
VI. A VISIT FROM THE SEA 72
Far from the loud sea beaches
VII. TO A GARDENER 73
Friend, in my mountain-side demesne
VIII. TO MINNIE 74
A picture-frame for you to fill
IX. TO K. DE M. 74
A lover of the moorland bare
X. TO N. V. DE G. S. 75
The unfathomable sea, and time, and tears
XI. TO WILL. H. LOW 76
Youth now flees on feathered foot
XII. TO MRS. WILL. H. LOW 77
Even in the bluest noonday of July
XIII. TO H. F. BROWN 78
I sit and wait a pair of oars
XIV. TO ANDREW LANG 79
Dear Andrew, with the brindled hair
XV. ET TU IN ARCADIA VIXISTI (TO R. A. M. S.) 80
In ancient tales, O friend, thy spirit dwelt
XVI. TO W. E. HENLEY 82
The year runs through her phases; rain and sun
XVII. HENRY JAMES 83
Who comes to-night? We ope the doors in vain
XVIII. THE MIRROR SPEAKS 84
Where the bells peal far at sea
XIX. KATHARINE 85
We see you as we see a face
XX. TO F. J. S. 85
I read, dear friend, in your dear face
XXI. REQUIEM 86
Under the wide and starry sky
XXII. THE CELESTIAL SURGEON 86
If I have faltered more or less
XXIII. OUR LADY OF THE SNOWS 87
Out of the sun, out of the blast
XXIV. 89
Not yet, my soul, these friendly fields desert
XXV. 90
It is not yours, O mother, to complain
XXVI. THE SICK CHILD 92
O mother, lay your hand on my brow
XXVII. IN MEMORIAM F. A. S. 93
Yet, O stricken heart, remember, O remember
XXVIII. TO MY FATHER 93
Peace and her huge invasion to these shores
XXIX. IN THE STATES 94
With half a heart I wander here
XXX. A PORTRAIT 95
I am a kind of farthing dip
XXXI. 96
Sing clearlier, Muse, or evermore be still
XXXII. A CAMP 96
The bed was made, the room was fit
XXXIII. THE COUNTRY OF THE CAMISARDS 96
We travelled in the print of olden wars
XXXIV. SKERRYVORE 97
For love of lovely words, and for the sake
XXXV. SKERRYVORE: THE PARALLEL 97
Here all is sunny, and when the truant gull
XXXVI. 98
_My house_, I say. But hark to the sunny doves
XXXVII. 98
My body which my dungeon is
XXXVIII. 99
Say not of me that weakly I declined