Chapter I: Front Matter

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
have been printed, of which only Two Thousand
Copies are for sale._

_This is No._ ........

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
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CONTENTS

A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
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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

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