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       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
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    THE WORKS OF

    ROBERT LOUIS

     STEVENSON

  VOLUME FOURTEEN


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CONTENTS


  A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
                                                                PAGE
        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