Robert Louis Stevenson
The Maker to Posterity
Far ‘yont amang the years to be, When a’ we think, an’ a’ we see, An’ a’ we luve, ‘s been dung ajee [tab][tab]By time’s rouch shouther, An’ what was richt and wrang for me [tab][tab]Lies mangled throu’ther, It’s possible—it’s hardly mair— That some ane, ripin’ after lear— Some auld professor or young heir, [tab][tab]If …
Foreign Children
Little Indian, Sioux or Crow, Little frosty Eskimo, Little Turk or Japanee, O! don’t you wish that you were me? You have seen the scarlet trees And the lions over seas; You have eaten ostrich eggs, And turned the turtles off their legs. Such a life is very fine, But it’s not so nice as …
System
Every night my prayers I say, And get my dinner every day; And every day that I’ve been good, I get an orange after food. The child that is not clean and neat, With lots of toys and things to eat, He is a naughty child, I’m sure— Or else his dear papa is poor.
A Good Play
We built a ship upon the stairs All made of the back-bedroom chairs, And filled it full of sofa pillows To go a-sailing on the billows. We took a saw and several nails, And water in the nursery pails; And Tom said, “Let us also take And apple and a slice of cake;”— Which was …
Whole Duty of Children
A child should always say what’s true, And speak when he is spoken to, And behave mannerly at table: At least as far as he is able.
Robert Louis Stevenson: Poems I
A Child’s Garden of Verses Prefatory note by Mrs R. L. Stevenson Dedication Rain Pirate Story Foreign Lands Windy Nights Travel Singing Looking Forward Where Go The Boats? Auntie’s Skirts The Land of Counterpane The Land of Nod My Shadow A Good Boy Escape at Bedtime Marching Song The Cow Happy Thought The Wind Keepsake …
Bed in Summer
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 …