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PRAYER

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LO! IN THINE HONEST EYES I READ

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THOUGH DEEP INDIFFERENCE SHOULD DROWSE

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MY HEART, WHEN FIRST THE BLACKBIRD SINGS

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I DREAMED OF FOREST ALLEYS FAIR

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ST. MARTIN’S SUMMER

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DEDICATION

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THE OLD CHIMÆRAS, OLD RECEIPTS

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PRELUDE

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THE VANQUISHED KNIGHT

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TO THE COMMISSIONERS OF NORTHERN LIGHTS

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THE RELIC TAKEN, WHAT AVAILS THE SHRINE?

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ABOUT THE SHELTERED GARDEN GROUND

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AFTER READING “ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA”

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I KNOW NOT HOW, BUT AS I COUNT

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SPRING SONG

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THE SUMMER SUN SHONE ROUND ME

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YOU LOOKED SO TEMPTING IN THE PEW

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LOVE’S VICISSITUDES

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DUDDINGSTONE

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STOUT MARCHES LEAD TO CERTAIN ENDS

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AWAY WITH FUNERAL MUSIC

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TO SYDNEY

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HAD I THE POWER THAT HAVE THE WILL

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O DULL COLD NORTHERN SKY

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APOLOGETIC POSTSCRIPT OF A YEAR LATER

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TO MARCUS

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TO OTTILIE

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THIS GLOOMY NORTHERN DAY

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THE WIND IS WITHOUT THERE AND HOWLS IN THE TREES

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A VALENTINE’S SONG

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HAIL! CHILDISH SLAVES OF SOCIAL RULES

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SWALLOWS TRAVEL TO AND FRO

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TO MESDAMES ZASSETSKY AND GARSCHINE

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TO MADAME GARSCHINE

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MUSIC AT THE VILLA MARINA

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FEAR NOT, DEAR FRIEND, BUT FREELY LIVE YOUR DAYS

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LET LOVE GO, IF GO SHE WILL

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I DO NOT FEAR TO OWN ME KIN

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I AM LIKE ONE THAT FOR LONG DAYS HAD SATE

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VOLUNTARY

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ON NOW, ALTHOUGH THE YEAR BE DONE

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IN THE GREEN AND GALLANT SPRING

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DEATH, TO THE DEAD FOR EVERMORE

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TO CHARLES BAXTER

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I WHO ALL THE WINTER THROUGH

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LOVE, WHAT IS LOVE?

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SOON OUR FRIENDS PERISH

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AS ONE WHO HAVING WANDERED ALL NIGHT LONG

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STRANGE ARE THE WAYS OF MEN

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THE WIND BLEW SHRILL AND SMART

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MAN SAILS THE DEEP AWHILE

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THE COCK’S CLEAR VOICE INTO THE CLEARER AIR

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NOW WHEN THE NUMBER OF MY YEARS

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WHAT MAN MAY LEARN, WHAT MAN MAY DO

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SMALL IS THE TRUST WHEN LOVE IS GREEN

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KNOW YOU THE RIVER NEAR TO GREZ

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IT’S FORTH ACROSS THE ROARING FOAM

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AN ENGLISH BREEZE

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AS IN THEIR FLIGHT THE BIRDS OF SONG

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THE PIPER

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TO MRS. MACMARLAND

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TO MISS CORNISH

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TALES OF ARABIA

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BEHOLD, AS GOBLINS DARK OF MIEN

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STILL I LOVE TO RHYME

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LONG TIME I LAY IN LITTLE EASE

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FLOWER GOD, GOD OF THE SPRING

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COME, MY BELOVED, HEAR FROM ME

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SINCE YEARS AGO FOR EVERMORE

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ENVOY FOR “A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES”

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FOR RICHMOND’S GARDEN WALL

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HAIL, GUEST, AND ENTER FREELY!

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LO, NOW, MY GUEST

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SO LIVE, SO LOVE, SO USE THAT FRAGILE HOUR

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AD SE IPSUM

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BEFORE THIS LITTLE GIFT WAS COME

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GO, LITTLE BOOK—THE ANCIENT PHRASE

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MY LOVE WAS WARM

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DEDICATORY POEM FOR “UNDERWOODS”

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FAREWELL

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THE FAR-FARERS

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COME, MY LITTLE CHILDREN, HERE ARE SONGS FOR YOU

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HOME FROM THE DAISIED MEADOWS

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EARLY IN THE MORNING I HEAR ON YOUR PIANO

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FAIR ISLE AT SEA

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LOUD AND LOW IN THE CHIMNEY

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I LOVE TO BE WARM BY THE RED FIRESIDE

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AT LAST SHE COMES

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MINE EYES WERE SWIFT TO KNOW THEE

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FIXED IS THE DOOM

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MEN ARE HEAVEN’S PIERS

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THE ANGLER ROSE, HE TOOK HIS ROD

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SPRING CAROL

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TO WHAT SHALL I COMPARE HER

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WHEN THE SUN COMES AFTER RAIN

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LATE, O MILLER

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TO FRIENDS AT HOME

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I, WHOM APOLLO SOMETIME VISITED

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TEMPEST TOSSED AND SORE AFFLICTED

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VARIANT FORM OF THE PRECEDING POEM

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I NOW, O FRIEND, WHOM NOISELESSLY THE SNOWS

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SINCE THOU HAST GIVEN ME THIS GOOD HOPE, O GOD

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GOD GAVE TO ME A CHILD IN PART

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OVER THE LAND IS APRIL

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LIGHT AS THE LINNET ON MY WAY I START

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COMIC, HERE IS ADIEU TO THE CITY

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IT BLOWS A SNOWING GALE

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NE SIT ANCILLÆ TIBI AMOR PUDOR

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TO ALL THAT LOVE THE FAR AND BLUE

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THOU STRAINEST THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN FERN

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TO ROSABELLE

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NOW BARE TO THE BEHOLDER’S EYE

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THE BOUR-TREE DEN

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SONNETS

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FRAGMENTS

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AIR OF DIABELLI’S

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EPITAPHIUM EROTII

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DE M. ANTONIO

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AD MAGISTRUM LUDI

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AD NEPOTEM

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IN CHARIDEMUM

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DE LIGURRA

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IN LUPUM

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AD QUINTILIANUM

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DE HORTIS JULII MARTIALIS

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AD MARTIALEM

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IN MAXIMUM

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AD OLUM

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DE CŒNATIONE MICÆ

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DE EROTIO PUELLA

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AD PISCATOREM

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BY

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

WITH A FRONTISPIECE BY JOSEPH D. STRONG

LONDON
CHATTO & WINDUS
1906

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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