"Stories All Children Love"
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR BY MARIA L. KIRK
TO ALISON CUNNINGHAM FROM HER BOY For the long nights you lay
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
I BED IN SUMMER IN winter I get up at night And dress by yellow
II A THOUGHT IT is very nice to think The world is full of meat
III AT THE SEASIDE WHEN I was down beside the sea A wooden
IV YOUNG NIGHT THOUGHT ALL night long and every night, When my
V WHOLE DUTY OF CHILDREN A CHILD should always say what's true
VI RAIN THE rain is raining all around, It falls on field and
VII PIRATE STORY THREE of us afloat in the meadow by the swing,
VIII FOREIGN LANDS UP into the cherry tree Who should climb but
IX WINDY NIGHTS WHENEVER the moon and stars are set, Whenever
X TRAVEL I SHOULD like to rise and go Where the golden apples
XI SINGING OF speckled eggs the birdie sings And nests among
XII LOOKING FORWARD WHEN I am grown to man's estate I shall be
XIII A GOOD PLAY WE built a ship upon the stairs All made of
XIV WHERE GO THE BOATS? DARK brown is the river, Golden is the
XV AUNTIE'S SKIRTS WHENEVER Auntie moves around, Her dresses
XVI THE LAND OF COUNTERPANE WHEN I was sick and lay a-bed, I
XVII THE LAND OF NOD FROM breakfast on through all the day At
XVIII MY SHADOW I HAVE a little shadow that goes in and out
XIX SYSTEM EVERY night my prayers I say, And get my dinner
XX A GOOD BOY I WOKE before the morning, I was happy all the
XXI ESCAPE AT BEDTIME THE lights from the parlour and kitchen
XXII MARCHING SONG
XXIII THE COW THE friendly cow all red and white, I love with
XXIV HAPPY THOUGHT THE world is so full of a number of things,
XXV THE WIND I SAW you toss the kites on high And blow the
XXVI KEEPSAKE MILL OVER the borders, a sin without pardon,
XXVII GOOD AND BAD CHILDREN CHILDREN, you are very little, And
XXVIII FOREIGN CHILDREN LITTLE Indian, Sioux or Crow, Little
XXIX THE SUN'S TRAVELS THE sun is not a-bed, when I At night
XXX THE LAMPLIGHTER MY tea is nearly ready and the sun has left
XXXI MY BED IS A BOAT MY bed is a little boat; Nurse helps me
XXXII THE MOON THE moon has a face like the clock in the hall;
XXXIII THE SWING HOW do you like to go up in a swing, Up in the
XXXIV TIME TO RISE A BIRDIE with a yellow bill Hopped upon the
XXXV LOOKING-GLASS RIVER SMOOTH it slides upon its travel, Here
XXXVI FAIRY BREAD COME up here, O dusty feet! Here is fairy
XXXVII FROM A RAILWAY CARRIAGE FASTER than fairies, faster than
XXXVIII WINTER-TIME LATE lies the wintry sun a-bed, A frosty,
XXXIX THE HAYLOFT THROUGH all the pleasant meadow-side The
XL FAREWELL TO THE FARM THE coach is at the door at last; The
XLI NORTH-WEST PASSAGE 1. GOOD NIGHT When the bright lamp is
THE CHILD ALONE
I THE UNSEEN PLAYMATE WHEN children are playing alone on the
II MY SHIP AND I O IT'S I that am the captain of a tidy little
III MY KINGDOM DOWN by a shining water well I found a very
IV PICTURE-BOOKS IN WINTER SUMMER fading, winter comes Frosty
V MY TREASURES THESE nuts, that I keep in the back of the nest
VI BLOCK CITY WHAT are you able to build with your blocks?
VII THE LAND OF STORY-BOOKS AT evening when the lamp is lit,
VIII ARMIES IN THE FIRE THE lamps now glitter down the street;
IX THE LITTLE LAND WHEN at home alone I sit And am very tired
GARDEN DAYS
I NIGHT AND DAY WHEN the golden day is done, Through the
II NEST EGGS BIRDS all the sunny day Flutter and quarrel Here
III THE FLOWERS ALL the names I know from nurse: Gardener's
IV SUMMER SUN GREAT is the sun, and wide he goes Through empty
V THE DUMB SOLDIER WHEN the grass was closely mown, Walking on
VI AUTUMN FIRES
VII THE GARDENER THE gardener does not love to talk, He makes
VIII HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS DEAR Uncle Jim, this garden ground
ENVOYS
I TO WILLIE AND HENRIETTA If two may read aright These rhymes
II TO MY MOTHER YOU too, my mother, read my rhymes For love of
III TO AUNTIE CHIEF of our aunts not only I, But all your
IV TO MINNIE THE red room with the giant bed Where none but
V TO MY NAME-CHILD 1 Some day soon this rhyming volume, if you
VI TO ANY READER AS from the house your mother sees You playing
