Twenty-Two Poems

Twenty-Two Poems

Poetry byRobert Louis Stevenson
Printed byT. and A. Constable Ltd
PublisherChatto & Windus
FormatHardback
LanguageEnglish
LocationLondon
Pages / Font31 pages
ChaptersI. ENVOY: 'Go, little book, and wish to all' page 7 II. 'Come, my little children, here are songs for you' 7 III. 'It is the season now to go' 8 IV. 'Bright is the ring of words' 9 V. A MILE AN' A BITTOCK: 'A mile an' a bittock, a mile or twa 10 VI. THE VAGABOND: ' Give to me the life I love' 11 VII. ' I will make you brooches and toys or your delight' 12 VIII. CHRISTMAS AT SEA: 'The sheets were frozen hard, and they cut the naked hand' 13 IX. ' The stormy evening closes now in vain' 16 X. THE PIPER: 'Again I hear you piping, for I know the tune so well' 17 XI. THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL: ' A naked house, a naked moor' 18 XII. THE CELESTIAL SURGEON: ' If I have faltered more or less' 19 XIII. OUR LADY OF THE SNOWS: ' Out of the sun, out of the blast' 20 XIV. 'It is not yours, O mother, to complain' 22 XV. MY WIFE: ' Trusty, dusky, vivid, true' 24 XVI. ' It's an owercome sooth for age an' youth' 25 XVII. ' In the highlands, in the country places'page 25 XVIII. ' Home no more home to me, whither must I wander?' 26 XIX. TO S.R. CROCKETT : 'Blows the wind to-day, and the sun and the rain are flying' 28 XX. ' Sing me a song of a lad that is gone' 28 XXI. VOLUNTARY : ' Here in the quiet eve' 30 XXII. REQUIEM : ' Under the wide and starry sky' 31
NotesPRINTED In Great Britain by T. & A. Constable Ltd. at Edinburgh for CHATTO AND WINDUS LONDON These poems have been chosen from the works of R.L. Stevenson ; all rights are strictly reserved.
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