A Child's Garden of Verses

By Stevenson, Robert Louis

Book Id: WPLBN0000659246
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	A Child's Garden of Verses
Author:	Stevenson, Robert Louis
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Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Literature, Literature & drama
Collections:	Classic Literature Collection, Penn State University's Electronic Classics Series Collection
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Publisher:	Penn State University's Electronic Classics


Citation APA MLA Chicago Louis Stevenson, B. R. (n.d.). A Child's Garden of Verses. Retrieved from http://www.self.gutenberg.org/

Excerpt
Excerpt: For the long nights you lay awake And watched for my unworthy sake: For your most comfortable hand That led me through the uneven land: For all the story-books you read: For all the pains you comforted:

Table of Contents
Contents A Child?s Garden of Verses .............................................................................................................................................. 7 Bed in Summer ............................................................................................................................................................... 7 A Thought ...................................................................................................................................................................... 7 At the Sea-side ................................................................................................................................................................ 7 Young Night-Thought .................................................................................................................................................... 8 Whole Duty of Children................................................................................................................................................. 8 Rain ................................................................................................................................................................................ 8 Pirate Story ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Foreign Lands ................................................................................................................................................................. 9 Windy Nights ............................................................................................................................................................... 10 Travel ............................................................................................................................................................................ 10 Singing.......................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Looking Forward .......................................................................................................................................................... 11 A Good Play ................................................................................................................................................................. 12 Where Go the Boats? .................................................................................................................................................... 12 Auntie?s Skirts ............................................................................................................................................................... 13 The Land of Counterpane ............................................................................................................................................ 13 The Land of Nod .......................................................................................................................................................... 14 My Shadow................................................................................................................................................................... 14 System .......................................................................................................................................................................... 15 A Good Boy .................................................................................................................................................................. 15 Escape at Bedtime ......................................................................................................................................................... 16 Marching Song ............................................................................................................................................................. 16 The Cow....................................................................................................................................................................... 17