A Child's Garden of Verses: Selected Poems
Picture-Books in Winter
by Robert Louis Stevenson
The world stays lush in books.
The world stays lush in books.
A limerick about a hobby horse.
George's visit with Louise Trunnion fills him with a sense of pride and embarrassment.
In Heaven a spirit doth dwell, "Whose heart-strings are a lute;"
It can't be summer, — that got through;
Huck learns that Pap is a suspect in his "murder" and that there is a bounty for Jim. Jackson Island is no longer safe for Huck and Jim.
The poet muses on fires.
"Darling, my darling, my heart is on the wing,"
A nursery rhyme that mimics a lullaby.
The two mice declare their love for each other and argue which house they would like to live in. They stay at Miss Dainty’s house until Shadow appears and they decide Whitefoot’s would be safer.
The speaker criticizes the idea of hope.
Music to hear, why hear’st thou music sadly?
The wind off the Florida Shore touches every part of the landscape.
"“Sunshine on de medders,"
"We wear the mask that grins and lies,"
"O Mother Race! to thee I bring"
The ants have plenty. The grasshopper is starving. He begs for food. The ants point out that he could have stored up food for winter.
A child plays hunter before bed time.
When in the chronicle of wasted time
"Oh, dere ’s lots o’ keer an’ trouble"
"A song for the unsung heroes who rose in the country’s need,"
Little Bear suggests that the three bears go out for a morning walk before breakfast. While walking, they find a campsite and try the food left in the pot. They discover a new love for prunes and sing a cheerful song about it.
"Along by the river of ruin"
Tom and Huck witness a commotion in the graveyard.
My love is strengthened though more weak in seeming