BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON LONDON CHATTO & WINDUS 1918 p. xiCONTENTS PAGE PRAYER 1 LO! IN THINE HONEST EYES I READ 2 THOUGH DEEP INDIFFERENCE SHOULD DROWSE 2 MY HEART, WHEN FIRST THE BLACKBIRD SINGS 3 I DREAMED OF FOREST ALLEYS FAIR 4 ST. MARTIN’S SUMMER 6 DEDICATION 7 THE OLD CHIMÆRAS, OLD RECEIPTS 8 PRELUDE 10 THE VANQUISHED KNIGHT 11 TO THE COMMISSIONERS OF NORTHERN LIGHTS 11 THE RELIC TAKEN, WHAT AVAILS THE SHRINE? 13 ABOUT THE SHELTERED GARDEN GROUND 14 AFTER READING “ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA” 15 I KNOW NOT HOW, BUT AS I COUNT 15 SPRING SONG 16 THE SUMMER SUN SHONE ROUND ME 16 YOU LOOKED SO TEMPTING IN THE PEW 17 LOVE’S VICISSITUDES 18 DUDDINGSTONE 18 STOUT MARCHES LEAD TO CERTAIN ENDS 20 AWAY WITH FUNERAL MUSIC 20 TO SYDNEY 21 HAD I THE POWER THAT HAVE THE WILL 23 O DULL COLD NORTHERN SKY 24 APOLOGETIC POSTSCRIPT OF A YEAR LATER 25 TO MARCUS 26 TO OTTILIE 27 THIS GLOOMY NORTHERN DAY 28 THE WIND IS WITHOUT THERE AND HOWLS IN THE TREES 29 A VALENTINE’S SONG 31 HAIL! CHILDISH SLAVES OF SOCIAL RULES 34 SWALLOWS TRAVEL TO AND FRO 36 p. xiiTO MESDAMES ZASSETSKY AND GARSCHINE 37 TO MADAME GARSCHINE 39 MUSIC AT THE VILLA MARINA 39 FEAR NOT, DEAR FRIEND, BUT FREELY LIVE YOUR DAYS 40 LET LOVE GO, IF GO SHE WILL 41 I DO NOT FEAR TO OWN ME KIN 42 I AM LIKE ONE THAT FOR LONG DAYS HAD SATE 44 VOLUNTARY 45 ON NOW, ALTHOUGH THE YEAR BE DONE 47 IN THE GREEN AND GALLANT SPRING 47 DEATH, TO THE DEAD FOR EVERMORE 48 TO CHARLES BAXTER 49 I WHO ALL THE WINTER THROUGH 52 LOVE, WHAT IS LOVE? 53 SOON OUR FRIENDS PERISH 53 AS ONE WHO HAVING WANDERED ALL NIGHT LONG 53 STRANGE ARE THE WAYS OF MEN 55 THE WIND BLEW SHRILL AND SMART 56 MAN SAILS THE DEEP AWHILE 57 THE COCK’S CLEAR VOICE INTO THE CLEARER AIR 58 NOW WHEN THE NUMBER OF MY YEARS 59 WHAT MAN MAY LEARN, WHAT MAN MAY DO 60 SMALL IS THE TRUST WHEN LOVE IS GREEN 61 KNOW YOU THE RIVER NEAR TO GREZ 62 IT’S FORTH ACROSS THE ROARING FOAM 63 AN ENGLISH BREEZE 65 AS IN THEIR FLIGHT THE BIRDS OF SONG 66 THE PIPER 67 TO MRS. MACMARLAND 58 TO MISS CORNISH 69 TALES OF ARABIA 71 BEHOLD, AS GOBLINS DARK OF MIEN 72 STILL I LOVE TO RHYME 73 LONG TIME I LAY IN LITTLE EASE 74 FLOWER GOD, GOD OF THE SPRING 75 COME, MY BELOVED, HEAR FROM ME 76 SINCE YEARS AGO FOR EVERMORE 77 ENVOY FOR “A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES” 78 FOR RICHMOND’S GARDEN WALL 80 p. xiiiHAIL, GUEST, AND ENTER FREELY! 80 LO, NOW, MY GUEST 81 SO LIVE, SO LOVE, SO USE THAT FRAGILE HOUR 81 AD SE IPSUM 82 BEFORE THIS LITTLE GIFT WAS COME 82 GO, LITTLE BOOK—THE ANCIENT PHRASE 83 MY LOVE WAS WARM 84 DEDICATORY POEM FOR “UNDERWOODS” 85 FAREWELL 86 THE FAR-FARERS 87 COME, MY LITTLE CHILDREN, HERE ARE SONGS FOR YOU 87 HOME FROM THE DAISIED MEADOWS 88 EARLY IN THE MORNING I HEAR ON YOUR PIANO 88 FAIR ISLE AT SEA 89