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A Child's Garden of Verses
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781534709102
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jun 16 2016
Pages: 70
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.14 Width: 7.01 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
A Child's Garden of Verses
Robert Louis Stevenson
A Child's Garden of Verses is a collection of poetry for children by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. The collection first appeared in 1885 under the title Penny Whistles, but has been reprinted many times, often in illustrated versions. It contains about 65 poems including the cherished classics Foreign Children, The Lamplighter, The Land of Counterpane, Bed in Summer, My Shadow and The Swing.
Sample Table of Contents
To Alison Cunningham From Her Boy
A Child's Garden of Verses
1. Bed in Summer
2. A Thought
3. At the Sea-Side
4. Young Night-Thought
5. Whole Duty of Children
6. Rain
7. Pirate Story
8. Foreign Lands
9. Windy Nights
10. Travel
11. Singing
12. Looking Forward
13. A Good Play
14. Where Go the Boats?
15. Auntie's Skirts
16. The Land of Counterpane
17. The Land of Nod
18. My Shadow
19. System
20. A Good Boy
21. Escape at Bedtime
22. Marching Song
23. The Cow
24. Happy Thought
25. The Wind
26. Keepsake Mill
27. Good and Bad Children
28. Foreign Children
29. The Sun Travels
30. The Lamplighter
31. My Bed is a Boat
32. The Moon
33. The Swing
34. Time to Rise
35. Looking-Glass River
36. Fairy Bread
37. From a Railway Carriage
38. Winter-Time
39. The Hayloft
40. Farewell to the Farm
41. North-West Passage
plus
The Child Alone
Garden Days
Envoys
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