Robert Louis Stevenson Poems on Children (19 Poems)
Before This Little Gift Was Come (Robert Louis Stevenson Poems)
BEFORE this little gift was come The little owner had made haste for home; And from the door of where the eternal dwell, Looked back on human things and smiled farewell. O may this grief remain the only one! O … Continue reading
Fairy Bread (Robert Louis Stevenson Poems)
Come up here, O dusty feet! Here is fairy ready to eat. Here in my retiring room, Children ,you may dine On the golden smell of broom And the shade of pine; And when you have eaten well, Fairy stories … Continue reading
Farewell to the Farm (Robert Louis Stevenson Poems)
The coach is at the door at last; The eager children, mounting fast And kissing hands, in chorus sing: Good-bye, good-bye, to everything! To house and garden, field and lawn, The meadow-gates we swang upon, To pump and stable, tree … Continue reading
Flower God, God Of The Spring (Robert Louis Stevenson Poems)
FLOWER god, god of the spring, beautiful, bountiful, Cold-dyed shield in the sky, lover of versicles, Here I wander in April Cold, grey-headed; and still to my Heart, Spring comes with a bound, Spring the deliverer, Spring, song-leader in woods, … Continue reading
Foreign Lands (Robert Louis Stevenson Poems)
Up into the cherry tree Who should climb but little me? I held the trunk with both my hands And looked abroad in foreign lands. I saw the next door garden lie, Adorned with flowers, before my eye, And many … Continue reading
Good and Bad Children (Robert Louis Stevenson Poems)
Children, you are very little, And your bones are very brittle; If you would grow great and stately, You must try to walk sedately. You must still be bright and quiet, And content with simple diet; And remain, through all … Continue reading
Home, My Little Children, Hear Are Songs For You (Robert Louis Stevenson Poems)
COME, my little children, here are songs for you; Some are short and some are long, and all, all are new. You must learn to sing them very small and clear, Very true to time and tune and pleasing to … Continue reading
Keepsake Mill (Robert Louis Stevenson Poems)
Over the borders, a sin without pardon, Breaking the branches and crawling below, Out through the breach in the wall of the garden, Down by the banks of the river we go. Here is a mill with the humming of … Continue reading
Looking-Glass River (Robert Louis Stevenson Poems)
Smooth it glides upon its travel, Here a wimple, there a gleam– O the clean gravel! O the smooth stream! Sailing blossoms, silver fishes, Pave pools as clear as air– How a child wishes To live down there! We can … Continue reading
My Shadow (Robert Louis Stevenson Poems)
From Child’s Garden of Verses I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see. He is very, very like me from the heels … Continue reading
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