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COMPLETE COLLECTION OF POEMS
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Robert Louis Stevenson
(Born 1850, Died 1894)
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Organized Collections of Poems:
- A Child's Garden of Verses A Q 67 poems
- Ballads A Q 5 poems
- New Poems A Q 131 poems
- Songs of Travel A Q 44 poems
- Underwoods A Q 57 poems
- Poems for Children A Q 41 poems
- Verse in Scots A Q 16 poems
- The Latin Poems 17 poems
- Dedications & Epistles A Q 43 poems
- Uncollected Verses A Q 6 poems
Poems:
Essential Stevenson
The most celebrated and widely anthologized works
- Requiem A C QUnder the wide and starry sky
- Heather Ale A C QFrom the bonny bells of heather
- The Vagabond A C QGive to me the life I love,
- My Shadow A C▾ QI have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
- Bed in Summer A C▾ QIn winter I get up at night
- The Land of Counterpane A C▾ QWhen I was sick and lay a-bed,
- The Lamplighter A C▾ QMy tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky.
- The Swing A C▾ QHow do you like to go up in a swing,
- Foreign Lands A C▾ QUp into the cherry tree
- Happy Thought A C▾ QThe world is so full of a number of things,
- Christmas at Sea A C QTHE sheets were frozen hard, and they cut the naked hand;
- The Celestial Surgeon CIf I have faltered more or less
All poems
A (32)
- A Camp CThe bed was made, the room was fit,
- A Good Boy A C▾ QI woke before the morning, I was happy all the day,
- A Good Play A C▾ QWe built a ship upon the stairs
- A Lowden Sabbath Morn C▾The clinkum-clank o' Sabbath bells
- A Mile An' a Bittock C▾A mile an' a bittock, a mile or twa,
- A Portrait CI am a kind of farthing dip,
- A Song of the Road CThe gauger walked with willing foot,
- A Thought C▾ It is very nice to think
- A Valentine's Song CMotley I count the only wear
- A Visit From the Sea A C QFar from the loud sea beaches
- About the Sheltered Garden Ground CAbout the sheltered garden ground
- Ad Magistrum Ludi C▾Now in the sky
- Ad Martialem C▾Go(d) knows, my Martial, if we two could be
- Ad Nepotem C▾O Nepos, twice my neigh(b)our (since at home
- Ad Olum C▾Call me not rebel, though here at every word
- Ad Piscatorem C▾For these are sacred fishes all
- Ad Quintilianum C▾O chief director of the growing race,
- Ad Se Ipsum C▾Dear sir, good-morrow! Five years back,
- After Reading Antony and Cleopatra CAs when the hunt by holt and field
- Air of Diabelli's CCall it to mind, O my love.
- An End of Travel CLet now your soul in this substantial world
- An English Breeze CUp with the sun, the breeze arose,
- Apologetic Postscript of a Year Later CIf you see this song, my dear,
- Armies in the Fire A C▾ QThe lamps now glitter down the street;
- As In Their Flight the Birds... CAs in their flight the birds of song
- As One Who Having Wandered... CAs one who having wandered all night long
- As Seamen on the Seas CAs seamen on the seas
- At Last She Comes... CAt last she comes, O never more
- At the Sea-side A C▾ QWhen I was down beside the sea
- Auntie's Skirts C Whenever Auntie moves around,
- Autumn Fires A C QIn the other gardens
- Away With Funeral Music CAway with funeral music - set
B (6)
- Bed in Summer A C▾ QIn winter I get up at night
- Before This Little Gift Was Come CBefore this little gift was come
- Behold, as Goblins Dark of Mien CBehold, as goblins dark of mien
- Blast - 1875 C▾It's rainin'. Weet's the gairden sod,
- Block City A C▾ QWhat are you able to build with your blocks?
- Bright Is the Ring... CBright is the ring of words
C (5)
- Christmas at Sea A C QTHE sheets were frozen hard, and they cut the naked hand;
- Come, Here is Adieu to the City CCome, here is adieu to the city
- Come, My Beloved, Hear From Me CCome, my beloved, hear from me
- Come, My Little Children, Here Are... C▾Come, my little children, here are songs for you;
- Counterblast - 1886 C▾My bonny man, the warld, it's true,
D (11)
- De Coenatione Micae C▾Look round: You see a little supper room;
- De Erotio Puella C▾This girl was sweeter than the song of swans,
- De Hortis Julii Martialis C▾My Martial owns a garden, famed to please,
- De Ligurra C▾You fear, Ligurra -- above all, you long --
- De M. Antonio C▾Now Antoninus, in a smiling age,
- Dear Lady, Tapping At Your Door... CDear Lady, tapping at your door,
- Death, To the Dead For Evermore CDeath, to the dead for evermore
- Dedication C▾My first gift and my last, to you
- Dedication C▾There are men and classes of men that stand above the
- Dedication Poem for Underwoods CTo her, for I must still regard her
- Duddingstone CWith caws and chirrupings, the woods
E (8)
- Early In the Morning I Hear... CEarly in the morning I hear on your piano
- Embro hie Kirk C▾The Lord Himsel' in former days
- Envoy C▾Go, little book, and wish to all
- Envoy for A Child's Garden of Verses A C QWhether upon the garden seat
- Epitaphium Erotii C▾Here lies Erotion, whom at six years old
- Escape at Bedtime A C▾ QThe lights from the parlour and kitchen shone out
- Et Tu In Arcadia Vixisti CIn ancient tales, O friend, thy spirit dwelt;
- Evensong CThe embers of the day are red
F (13)
- Fair Isle At Sea... CFair Isle at Sea - thy lovely name
- Fairy Bread A C▾ QCome up here, O dusty feet!
- Farewell CFarewell, and when forth
- Farewell to the Farm A C QThe coach is at the door at last;
- Farewell, Fair Day And Fading Light! CFarewell, fair day and fading light!
- Fear Not, Dear Friend... CFear not, dear friend, but freely live your days
- Fixed Is the Doom... CFixed is the doom; and to the last of years
- Flower God, God of the Spring... A C QFlower god, god of the spring, beautiful, bountiful,
- For Richmond's Garden Wall CWhen Thomas set this tablet here,
- Foreign Children A C▾ QLittle Indian, Sioux, or Crow,
- Foreign Lands A C▾ QUp into the cherry tree
- Fragments CAbout my fields, in the broad sun
- From a Railway Carriage A C▾ QFaster than fairies, faster than witches,
G (5)
- Gather Ye Roses A C QGather ye roses while ye may,
- Go, Little Book -- the Ancient Phrase A C QGo, little book - the ancient phrase
- God Gave to Me a Child in Part CGod gave to me a child in part,
- Good and Bad Children A C▾ QChildren, you are very little,
- Good-night C▾ Then the bright lamp is carried in,
H (11)
- Had I the Power That Have the Will CHad I the power that have the will,
- Hail! Childish Slaves of Social Rules CHail! Childish slaves of social rules
- Hail, Guest, And Enter Freely... CHail, guest, and enter freely! All you see
- Happy Thought A C▾ QThe world is so full of a number of things,
- He Hears With Gladdened Heart... CHe hears with gladdened heart the thunder
- Heather Ale A C QFrom the bonny bells of heather
- Henry James A C▾ QWho comes to-night? We open the doors in vain.
- Here, Perfect to a Wish CHere, perfect to a wish,
- Historical Associations CDear Uncle Jim. this garden ground
- Home From the Daisied Meadows... CHome from the daisied meadows, where you linger yet -
- Home No More Home to Me,... A C QHome no more home to me, whither must I wander?
I (28)
- I Am Like One That For Long... CI am like one that for long days had sate,
- I Do Not Fear to Own Me Kin CI do not fear to own me kin
- I Dreamed of Forest Alleys Fair CI dreamed of forest alleys fair
- I Have Trod the Upward And... CI have trod the upward and the downward slope;
- I Know Not How It is With You CI know not how it is with you --
- I Know Not How, But As I Count CI know not how, but as I count
- I Love To Be Warm By the Red... CI love to be warm by the red fireside,
- I Now, O Friend, Whom... CI now, O friend, whom noiselessly the snows
- I Who All the Winter Through CI who all the winter through
- I Will Make You Brooches And... A C QI will make you brooches and toys for your delight
- I, Whom Apollo Sometime Visited CI, whom Apollo sometime visited,
- If This Were Faith CGod, if this were enough,
- Ille Terrarum C▾Frae nirly, nippin', Eas'lan' breeze,
- In Charidemum C▾You, Charidemus, who my cradle swung,
- In Dreams, Unhappy, I Behold... CIn dreams, unhappy, I behold you stand
- In Lupum C▾Beyond the gates thou gav'st a field to till;
- In Maximum C▾Wouldst thou be free? I think it not, indeed;
- In Memoriam E. H. CI knew a silver head was bright beyond compare,
- In Memoriam F.A.S. CYet, O stricken heart, remember, O remember
- In Port C Last, to the chamber where I lie
- In the Green And Gallant Spring CIn the green and gallant Spring,
- In the Highlands... A C QIn the highlands, in the country places,
- In the States CWith half a heart I wander here
- It Blows a Snowing Gale... CIt blows a snowing gale in the winter of the year;
- It Is Not Yours, O Mother,... CIt is not yours, O mother, to complain
- It Is the Season Now to Go CIt is the season now to go
- It's an Owercome Sooth for Age an' Youth C▾It's an owercome sooth for age an' youth
- It's Forth Across the Roaring Foam CIt's forth across the roaring foam, and on towards the west,
K (3)
- Katharine CWe see you as we see a face
- Keepsake Mill A C QOver the borders, a sin without pardon,
- Know You the River Near to Grez CKnow you the river near to Grez,
L (13)
- Late in the Nicht in Bed I Lay C▾Late in the nicht in bed I lay,
- Late, O Miller CLate, O Miller,
- Let Beauty Awake... CLet Beauty awake in the morn from beautiful dreams,
- Let Love Go, If Go She Will CLet love go, if go she will.
- Light As the Linnet On... CLight as the linnet on my way I start,
- Lo! In Thine Honest Eyes I Read CLo! in thine honest eyes I read
- Lo, Now, My Guest... CLo, now, my guest, if aught amiss were said,
- Long Time I Lay in Little Ease CLong time I lay in little ease
- Looking Forward C▾ When I am grown to man's estate
- Looking-glass River CSmooth it glides upon its travel,
- Loud And Low In the Chimney CLoud and low in the chimney
- Love's Vicissitudes CAs Love and Hope together
- Love, What Is Love?... CLove - what is love? A great and aching heart;
M (17)
- Man Sails the Deep Awhile CMan sails the deep awhile;
- Marching Song A C▾ QBring the comb and play upon it!
- Matter Triumphans CSon of my woman's body, you go, to the drum and fife,
- Men Are Heaven's Piers... CMen are Heaven's piers; they evermore
- Mine Eyes Were Swift To Know... CMine eyes were swift to know thee, and my heart
- Music At the Villa Marina CFor some abiding central source of power,
- My Bed is a Boat A C▾ QMy bed is like a little boat;
- My Body, Which My Dungeon Is CMy body which my dungeon is,
- My Conscience! C▾Of a' the ills that flesh can fear,
- My Heart, When First the Blackbird Sings CMy heart, when first the blackbird sings,
- My House, I Say.... CMy house, I say. But hark to the sunny doves
- My Kingdom A C QDown by a shining water well
- My Love Was Warm... CMy love was warm; for that I crossed
- My Shadow A C▾ QI have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
- My Ship and I A C▾ QO it's I that am the captain of a tiny little ship,
- My Treasures A C QThese nuts, that I keep in the back of the nest,
- My Wife CTrusty, dusky, vivid, true,
N (7)
- Ne Sit Ancillae Tibi Amor Pudor C▾There's just a twinkle in your eye
- Nest Eggs A C▾ QBirds all the summer day
- Night and Day A C QWhen the golden day is done,
- Not Yet, My Soul... CNot yet, my soul, these friendly fields desert,
- Note CThe human conscience has fled of late the troublesome
- Now Bare to the Beholder's Eye CNow bare to the beholder's eye
- Now When the Number of My Years CNow when the number of my years
O (5)
- O Dull Cold Northern Sky CO dull cold northern sky,
- Of All My Verse, Like Not... C▾Of all my verse, like not a single line;
- On Now, Although the Year Be Done COn now, although the year be done,
- Our Lady of the Snows A C QOut of the sun, out of the blast,
- Over the Land is April A C QOver the land is April,
P (5)
S (25)
- Say Not of Me That Weakly I Declined CSay not of me, that weakly I declined
- Shadow March A C▾ QAll around the house is the jet-black night;
- She Rested By the Broken Brook CShe rested by the Broken Brook,
- Since Thou Hast Given Me... CSince thou hast given me this good hope, O God,
- Since Years Ago For Evermore CSince years ago for evermore
- Sing clearlier, Muse,... CSing clearlier, Muse, or evermore be still,
- Sing Me a Song of a Lad That... A C QSing me a song of a lad that is gone,
- Singing C▾Of speckled eggs the birdie sings
- SKERRYVORE CFor love of lovely words, and for the sake
- Skerryvore: The Parallel CHere all is sunny, and when the truant gull
- Small is the Trust When Love is Green CSmall is the trust when love is green
- So Live, So Love, So Use That... CSo live, so love, so use that fragile hour,
- Some Like Drink CSome like drink
- Sonnets CNor judge me light, tho' light at times I seem,
- Soon Our Friends Perish CSoon our friends perish,
- Spring Carol CWhen loud by landside streamlets gush,
- Spring Song A C QThe air was full of sun and birds,
- St. Martin's Summer CAs swallows turning backward
- Still I Love to Rhyme CStill I love to rhyme, and still more, rhyming, to wander
- Stout Marches Lead to Certain Ends CStout marches lead to certain ends,
- Strange Are the Ways of Men CStrange are the ways of men,
- Summer Sun C Great is the sun, and wide he goes
- Summer Sun Shone Round Me A C QThe summer sun shone round me,
- Swallows Travel To and Fro A C QSwallows travel to and fro,
- System CEvery night my prayers I say,
T (99)
- Tales of Arabia CYes, friend, I own these tales of Arabia
- Tempest Tossed And Sore Afflicted... CTempest tossed and sore afflicted, sin defiled and care oppressed,
- The Angler Rose, He Took... CThe angler rose, he took his rod,
- The Bour-Tree Den C▾Clinkum-clank in the rain they ride,
- The Canoe Speaks COn the great streams the ships may go
- The Celestial Surgeon CIf I have faltered more or less
- The Cock's Clear Voice Into the Clear Air CThe cock's clear voice into the clearer air
- The Commissioners of Northern Lights CI send to you, commissioners,
- The Counterblast Ironical C▾It's strange that God should fash to frame
- The Country of the Camisards CWe travelled in the print of olden wars,
- The Cow A C▾ QThe friendly cow all red and white,
- The Dumb Soldier C When the grass was closely mown,
- The Far-Farers CThe broad sun,
- The Feast of Famine CIN all the land of the tribe was neither fish nor fruit,
- The Flowers A C QAll the names I know from nurse:
- The Gardener A C QThe gardener does not love to talk.
- The Hayloft A C▾ QThrough all the pleasant meadow-side
- The House Beautiful A C QA naked house, a naked moor,
- The House of Tembinoka A C QEnvoi
- The Infinite Shining Heavens A C QThe infinite shining heavens
- The Lamplighter A C▾ QMy tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky.
- The Land of Counterpane A C▾ QWhen I was sick and lay a-bed,
- The Land of Nod A C QFrom breakfast on through all the day
- The Land of Story-Books CAt evening when the lamp is lit,
- The Little Land A C▾ QWhen at home alone I sit
- The Maker to Posterity CFar `yont amang the years to be
- The Mirror Speaks CWhere the bells peal far at sea
- The Moon A C QThe moon has a face like the clock in the hall;
- The Morning Drum-Call on My Eager... CThe morning drum-call on my eager ear
- The Old Chimaeras, Old Receipts CThe old Chimaeras, old receipts
- The Pamphlet Here Presented CThe pamphlet here presented
- The Piper A C QAgain I hear you piping, for I know the tune so well, -
- The Relic Taken, What Avails the Shrine? CThe relic taken, what avails the shrine?
- The Scotsman's Return From Abroad A C▾ QIn mony a foreign pairt I've been,
- The Sick Child A C QFrom Underwoods Child --
- The Song of Rahero A C QContents:To Ori a OriTeriitera I. The Slaying Of Tamatea II. The...
- The Spaewife A C▾ QO, I wad like to ken - to the beggar-wife says I -
- The Stormy Evening Closes Now in... CThe stormy evening closes now in vain,
- The Sun's Travels A C▾ QThe sun is not a-bed, when I
- The Swing A C▾ QHow do you like to go up in a swing,
- The Tropics Vanish, And Meseems... CThe tropics vanish, and meseems that I,
- The Unseen Playmate A C▾ QWhen children are playing alone on the green,
- The Vagabond A C QGive to me the life I love,
- The Vanquished Knight CI have left all upon the shameful field,
- The Wind A C QI saw you toss the kites on high
- The Wind Blew Shrill And Smart... CThe wind blew shrill and smart,
- The Wind is Without There... CThe wind is without there and howls in the trees,
- The Woodman A C QIn all the grove, nor stream nor bird
- Their Laureate to an Academy Class Dinner Club C▾Dear Thamson class, whaure'er I gang
- This Gloomy Northern Day CThis gloomy northern day,
- Thou Strainest Through the Mountain... CThou strainest through the mountain fern,
- Though Deep Indifference Should Drowse CThough deep indifference should drowse
- Ticonderoga CTHIS is the tale of the man
- Time to Rise A C▾ QA birdie with a yellow bill
- To a Gardener. A C▾ QFriend, in my mountain-side demesne
- To Alison Cunningham C▾For the long nights you lay awake
- To All That Love the Far And Blue CTo all that love the far and blue:
- To an Island Princess C▾Since long ago, a child at home,
- To Andrew Lang C▾Dear Andrew, with the brindled hair
- To Any Reader C▾ As from the house your mother sees
- To Auntie C▾"Chief of our aunts"--not only I,
- To Charles Baxter C▾Our Johnie's deid. The mair's the pity!
- To Doctor John Brown C▾(Whan the dear doctor, dear to a',
- To Dr. Hake C▾In the beloved hour that ushers day,
- To F. J. S. C▾I read, dear friend, in your dear face
- To Friends at Home C▾To friends at home, the lone, the admired, the lost
- To H. F. Brown. C▾I sit and wait a pair of oars
- To K. de M. C▾A lover of the moorland bare,
- To Kalakaua C▾The Silver Ship, my King - that was her name
- To Madame Garschine C▾What is the face, the fairest face, till Care,
- To Marcus C▾You have been far, and I
- To Mesdames Zassetsky And Garschine C▾The wind may blaw the lee-gang way
- To Minnie C▾The red room with the giant bed
- To Minnie C▾A picture-frame for you to fill,
- To Miss Cornish C▾They tell me, lady, that to-day
- To Mother Maryanne C▾To see the infinite pity of this place,
- To Mrs. Macmarland C▾In Schnee der Alpen - so it runs
- To Mrs. Will. H. Low. C▾Even in the bluest noonday of July,
- To My Father A C▾ QPeace and her huge invasion to these shores
- To My Mother A C▾ QYou too, my mother, read my rhymes
- To My Name-Child A C▾ QSome day soon this rhyming volume, if you learn with proper speed,
- To My Old Familiars C▾Do you remember -- can we e'er forget? --
- To My Wife C▾Long must elapse ere you behold again
- To N. V. de G. S. C▾The unfathomable sea, and time, and tears,
- To Ottilie C▾You remember, I suppose,
- To Princess Kaiulani A C▾ QForth from her land to mine she goes,
- To Rosabelle C▾When my young lady has grown great and staid,
- To S. C. C▾I heard the pulse of the besieging sea
- To S. R. Crockett A C▾ QBlows the wind to-day, and the sun and the rain are flying,
- To Sydney C▾Not thine where marble-still and white
- To the Muse CResign the rhapsody, the dream,
- To W. E. Henley. C▾The year runs through her phases; rain and sun,
- To What Shall I Compare Her? CTo what shall I compare her,
- To Will. H. Low. C▾Youth now flees on feathered foot.
- To Willie and Henrietta C▾If two may read aright
- To You, Let Snows And Roses CTo you, let snow and roses
- To... CI knew thee strong and quiet like the hills;
- Travel A C▾ QI should like to rise and go
- Tropic Rain CAs the single pang of the blow, when the metal is mingled well,
W (10)
- We Have Loved of Yore CBerried brake and reedy island,
- We Uncommiserate Pass Into... CWe uncommiserate pass into the night
- What Man May Learn, What Man May Do CWhat man may learn, what man may do,
- When Aince April Has Farily Come C▾When aince Aprile has fairly come,
- When the Sun Comes After Rain A C QWhen the sun comes after rain
- Where Go the Boats? A C▾ QDark brown is the river,
- Whole Duty of Children A C▾ QA child should always say what's true
- Windy Nights A C▾ QWhenever the moon and stars are set,
- Winter CIn rigorous hours, when down the iron lane
- Winter-Time C▾Late lies the wintry sun a-bed,
Y (4)
- You Looked So Tempting In the Pew CYou looked so tempting in the pew,
- Young Night-Thought A C▾ QAll night long and every night,
- Youth And Love: I. A C QOnce only by the garden gate
- Youth And Love: II. CTo the heart of youth the world is a highwayside.
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