A Child's Garden of Verses

By Robert Louis Stevenson

A Child's Garden of Verses is a volume of 64 poems for children by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1885. Because of its popularity, the book has been reprinted many times, often in illustrated versions, and is one of the most influential children's works of the 19th century.

• Language: English
• Publisher: DigiCat
• Release date: May 28, 2022
• ISBN: 8596547027478

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson was born on 13 November 1850, changing his second name to ‘Louis’ at the age of eighteen. He has always been loved and admired by countless readers and critics for ‘the excitement, the fierce joy, the delight in strangeness, the pleasure in deep and dark adventures’ found in his classic stories and, without doubt, he created some of the most horribly unforgettable characters in literature and, above all, Mr. Edward Hyde.

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Robert Louis Stevenson

A Child's Garden of Verses

EAN 8596547027478

DigiCat, 2022

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Table of Contents

I

BED IN SUMMER

II

A THOUGHT

III

AT THE SEASIDE

IV

YOUNG NIGHT THOUGHT

V

WHOLE DUTY OF CHILDREN

VI

RAIN

VII

PIRATE STORY

VIII

FOREIGN LANDS

IX

WINDY NIGHTS

X

TRAVEL

XI

SINGING

XII

LOOKING FORWARD

XIII

A GOOD PLAY

XIV

WHERE GO THE BOATS?

XV

AUNTIE'S SKIRTS

XVI

THE LAND OF COUNTERPANE

XVII

THE LAND OF NOD

XVIII

MY SHADOW

XIX

SYSTEM

XX

A GOOD BOY

XXI

ESCAPE AT BEDTIME

XXII

MARCHING SONG

XXIII

THE COW

XXIV

HAPPY THOUGHT

XXV

THE WIND

XXVI

KEEPSAKE MILL

XXVII

GOOD AND BAD CHILDREN

XXVIII

FOREIGN CHILDREN

XXIX

THE SUN'S TRAVELS

XXX

THE LAMPLIGHTER

XXXI

MY BED IS A BOAT

XXXII

THE MOON

XXXIII

THE SWING

XXXIV

TIME TO RISE

XXXV

LOOKING-GLASS RIVER

XXXVI

FAIRY BREAD

XXXVII

FROM A RAILWAY CARRIAGE

XXXVIII

WINTER-TIME

XXXIX

THE HAYLOFT

XL

FAREWELL TO THE FARM

XLI

NORTH-WEST PASSAGE

I. GOOD NIGHT.

2. SHADOW MARCH.

3. IN PORT.

THE CHILD ALONE

I

THE UNSEEN PLAYMATE

II

MY SHIP AND I

III

MY KINGDOM

IV

PICTURE-BOOKS IN WINTER

V

MY TREASURES

VI

BLOCK CITY

VII

THE LAND OF STORY-BOOKS

VIII

ARMIES IN THE FIRE

IX

THE LITTLE LAND

GARDEN DAYS

I

NIGHT AND DAY

II

NEST EGGS

III

THE FLOWERS

IV

SUMMER SUN

V

THE DUMB SOLDIER

VI

AUTUMN FIRES

VII

THE GARDENER

VIII

HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS

ENVOYS

I

TO WILLIE AND HENRIETTA

II

TO MY MOTHER

III

TO AUNTIE

IV

TO MINNIE

V

TO MY NAME-CHILD

1

2

VI

TO ANY READER

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BED IN SUMMER

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In winter I get up at night

And dress by yellow candle-light.

In summer, quite the other way,

I have to go to bed by day.

I have to go to bed and see

The birds still hopping on the tree,

Or hear the grown-up people's feet

Still going past me in the street.

And does it not seem hard to you,

When all the sky is clear and blue,

And I should like so much to play,

To have to go to bed by day?

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A THOUGHT

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It is very nice to think

The world is full of meat and drink,

With little children saying grace

In every Christian kind of place.

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AT THE SEASIDE

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When I was down beside the sea

A wooden spade they gave to me

To dig the sandy