The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 22: Juvenilia and Other PapersStevenson, Robert Louis
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The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 22: Juvenilia and Other Papers
Stevenson, Robert Louis
English literature -- 19th century
S. L. OSBOURNE & COMPANY.
Davos-Platz.
[Illustration]
See how the children in the print
Bound on the book to see what's in't!
O, like these pretty babes, may you
Seize and _apply_ this volume too!
And while your eye upon the cuts
With harmless ardour open and shuts,
Reader, may your immortal mind
To their sage lessons not be blind.
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Reader, your soul upraise to see,
In yon fair cut designed by me,
The pauper by the highwayside
Vainly soliciting from pride.
Mark how the Beau with easy air
Contemps the anxious rustic's prayer,
And casting a disdainful eye,
Goes gaily gallivanting by.
He from the poor averts his head....
He will regret it when he's dead.
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_A Peak in Darien_.
Broad gazing on untrodden lands,
See where adventurous Cortez stands;
While in the heavens above his head,
The Eagle seeks its daily bread.
How aptly fact to fact replies:
Heroes and Eagles, hills and skies.
Ye, who contemn the fatted slave,
Look on this emblem and be brave
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See in the print, how moved by whim
Trumpeting Jumbo, great and grim,
Adjusts his trunk, like a cravat,
To noose that individual's hat.
The sacred Ibis in the distance
Joys to observe his bold resistance.
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Mark, printed on the opposing page,
The unfortunate effects of rage.
A man (who might be you or me)
Hurls another into the sea.
Poor soul, his unreflecting act
His future joys will much contract,
And he will spoil his evening toddy
By dwelling on that mangled body.
Works recently issued by
SAMUEL OSBOURNE & CO. DAVOS.
NOT I and other poems, by Robert Louis Stevenson.
_A volume of enchanting poetry._
BLACK CANYON or wild adventures in the Far West, by S. Osbourne.
_A beautiful gift-book._
_To be obtained from the Publishers and all respectable BOOK-SELLERS._
[Illustration]
Stevenson's Moral Emblems.
_Edition de Luxe: 5 full-page Illustrations._
Price 9 PENCE.
The above speciman cut, illustrates a new departure in the business of
OSBOURNE & Co.
Wood engraving, designed and executed by Mr. & Mrs. Stevenson and
printed under the PERSONAL supervision of Mr. Osbourne, now form a
branch of their business.
Today is published by _S. L. Osbourne & Co._
A
Second Collection Of
MORAL
EMBLEMS.
By
_ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON._
_Edition de Luxe_, tall paper, (extra fine) first impression. Price 10
pence.
_Popular Edition_, for the Million, small paper, cuts slightly worn, a
great bargain, 8 pence.
NOTICE!!!
A literary curiosity: Part of the M. S. of '_Black Canyon_.' Price 1s.
6d.
Apply to
SAMUEL OSBOURNE & C^o
Buol Chalet (Villa Stein,) Davos.
MORAL EMBLEMS
A Second Collection of Cuts and Verses.
_By_
_ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON._
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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