Transcribed from the 1895 Chatto & Windus edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org BALLADS * * * * * BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON [Picture: Decorative graphic] _SECOND EDITION_ * * * * * LONDON CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY 1895 * * * * * CONTENTS THE SONG OF RAHÉRO: A LEGEND OF TAHITI— DEDICATION: TO ORI A ORI 1 I. THE SLAYING OF TÁMATÉA 3 II. THE VENGING OF TÁMATÉA 20 III. RAHÉRO 40 NOTES TO THE SONG OF RAHÉRO 55 THE FEAST OF FAMINE: MARQUESAN MANNERS— I. THE PRIEST’S VIGIL 61 II. THE LOVERS 67 III. THE FEAST 75 IV. THE RAID 86 NOTES TO THE FEAST OF FAMINE 95 TICONDEROGA: A LEGEND OF THE WEST HIGHLANDS— TICONDEROGA 99 I. THE SAYING OF THE NAME 100 II. THE SEEKING OF THE NAME 109 III. THE PLACE OF THE NAME 113 NOTES TO TICONDEROGA 119 HEATHER ALE: A GALLOWAY LEGEND— HEATHER ALE 123 NOTE TO HEATHER ALE 129 CHRISTMAS AT SEA— CHRISTMAS AT SEA 133 THE SONG OF RAHÉRO A LEGEND OF TAHITI TO ORI A ORI ORI, my brother in the island mode, In every tongue and meaning much my friend, This story of your country and your clan, In your loved house, your too much honoured guest, I made in English. Take it, being done; And let me sign it with the name you gave. TERIITERA. I. THE SLAYING OF TÁMATÉA