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	Robert Louis Stevenson
	(1850-1894)

A Valentine's Song
MOTLEY I count the only wear
About The Sheltered Garden Ground
ABOUT the sheltered garden ground
Ad Magistrum Ludi
NOW in the sky
Ad Martialem
GO(D) knows, my Martial, if we two could be
Ad Nepotem
O NEPOS, twice my neigh(b)our (since at home
Ad Olum
CALL me not rebel, though { here at every word
Ad Piscatorem
FOR these are sacred fishes all
Ad Quintilianum
O CHIEF director of the growing race,
Ad Se Ipsum
DEAR sir, good-morrow! Five years back,
After Reading "Antony And Cleopatra"
AS when the hunt by holt and field
Air Of Diabelli's
CALL it to mind, O my love.
An English Breeze
UP with the sun, the breeze arose,
Apologetic Postscript Of A Year Later
IF you see this song, my dear,
As In Their Flight The Birds Of Song
AS in their flight the birds of song
As One Who Having Wandered All Night Long
AS one who having wandered all night long
At Last She Comes
AT last she comes, O never more
Away With Funeral Music
AWAY with funeral music - set
Before This Little Gift Was Come
BEFORE this little gift was come
Behold, As Goblins Dark Of Mien
BEHOLD, as goblins dark of mien
Come From The Daisied Meadows
HOME from the daisied meadows, where you linger yet
Come, Here Is Adieu To The City
COME, here is adieu to the city
Come, My Beloved, Hear From Me
COME, my beloved, hear from me
De Coenatione Micae
LOOK round: You see a little supper room;
De Erotio Puella
THIS girl was sweeter than the song of swans,
De Hortis Julii Martialis
MY Martial owns a garden, famed to please,
De Ligurra
YOU fear, Ligurra - above all, you long
De M. Antonio
NOW Antoninus, in a smiling age,
Death, To The Dead For Evermore
DEATH, to the dead for evermore
Dedication
MY first gift and my last, to you
Dedicatory Poem For "Underwoods"
TO her, for I must still regard her
Duddingstone
WITH caws and chirrupings, the woods
Early In The Morning I Hear On Your Piano
EARLY in the morning I hear on your piano
Envoy For "A Child's Garden Of Verses"
WHETHER upon the garden seat
Epitaphium Erotii
HERE lies Erotion, whom at six years old
Fair Isle At Sea
FAIR Isle at Sea - thy lovely name
Farewell
FAREWELL, and when forth
Fear Not, Dear Friend, But Freely Live Your Days
FEAR not, dear friend, but freely live your days
Fixed Is The Doom
FIXED is the doom; and to the last of years
Flower God, God Of The Spring
FLOWER god, god of the spring, beautiful, bountiful,
For Richmond's Garden Wall
WHEN Thomas set this tablet here,
Frag1
About my fields, in the broad sun
frag2
Tall as a guardsman, pale as the east at dawn,
fragments
About my fields, in the broad sun
Go, Little Book - The Ancient Phrase
GO, little book - the ancient phrase
God Gave To Me A Child In Part
GOD gave to me a child in part,
Had I The Power That Have The Will
HAD I the power that have the will,
Hail! Childish Slave Of Social Rules
HAIL! Childish slaves of social rules
Hail, Guest, And Enter Freely!
HAIL, guest, and enter freely! All you see
Home, My Little Children, Hear Are Songs For You
COME, my little children, here are songs for you;
I Am Like One That For Long Days Had Sate
I AM like one that for long days had sate,
I Do Not Fear To Own Me Kin
I DO not fear to own me kin
I Dreamed Of Forest Alleys fair
I DREAMED of forest alleys fair
I Know Not How, But As I Count
I KNOW not how, but as I count
I Love To Be Warm By The Red Fireside
I LOVE to be warm by the red fireside,
I Now, O Friend, Whom Noiselessly The Snows
I NOW, O friend, whom noiselessly the snows
I WHo All The Winter Through
I WHO all the winter through
I, Whom Apollo Somtime Visited
I, WHOM Apollo sometime visited,
In Charidemum
YOU, Charidemus, who my cradle swung,
In Lupum
BEYOND the gates thou gav'st a field to till;
In Maximum
WOULDST thou be free? I think it not, indeed;
In The Green And Gallant Spring
IN the green and gallant Spring,
It Blows A Snowing Gale
IT blows a snowing gale in the winter of the year;
It's Forth Across The Roaring Foam
IT'S forth across the roaring foam, and on towards the west,
Know You The River NEar To Grez
KNOW you the river near to Grez,
Late, O Miller
LATE, O miller,
Let Love Go, If Go She Will
LET love go, if go she will.
Light As The Linnet On My Way I Start
LIGHT as the linnet on my way I start,
Lo! In Thine Honest Eyes I Read
LO! in thine honest eyes I read
Lo, Now, My Guest
LO, now, my guest, if aught amiss were said,
Long Time I Lay In Little Ease
LONG time I lay in little ease
Loud And Low In The Chimney
LOUD and low in the chimney
Love's Vicissitudes
AS Love and Hope together
Love, What Is Love
LOVE - what is love? A great and aching heart;
Man Sails The Deep Awhile
MAN sails the deep awhile;
Men Are Heaven's Piers
MEN are Heaven's piers; they evermore
Mine Eyes Were Swift To Know Thee
MINE eyes were swift to know thee, and my heart
Music At The Villa Marina
FOR some abiding central source of power,
My Heart, When First The Black-Bird Sings
MY heart, when first the blackbird sings,
My Love Was Warm
MY love was warm; for that I crossed
My Shadow
I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
Ne Sit Ancillae Tibi Amor Pudor
THERE'S just a twinkle in your eye
Now Bare To The Beholder's Eye
NOW bare to the beholder's eye
Now When The Number Of My Years
NOW when the number of my years
O Dull Cold Northern Sky
O DULL cold northern sky,
On Now, Although The Year Be Done
ON now, although the year be done,
Over The Land Is April
OVER the land is April,
Prayer
I ASK good things that I detest,
Prelude
BY sunny market-place and street
Since Thou Hast Given Me This Good Hope, O God
SINCE thou hast given me this good hope, O God,
Since Years Ago For Evermore
SINCE years ago for evermore
Small Is The Trust When Love Is Green
SMALL is the trust when love is green
So Live, So Love, So Use That Fragile Hour
SO live, so love, so use that fragile hour,
Sonet VI
As in the hostel by the bridge I sate,
Sonnet I
NOR judge me light, tho' light at times I seem,
Sonnet II
So shall this book wax like unto a well,
Sonnet III
I have a hoard of treasure in my breast;
Sonnet V
Not undelightful, friend, our rustic ease
Sonnet VII
The strong man's hand, the snow-cool head of age,
Sonnet VIII
As Daniel, bird-alone, in that far land,
Soon Our Friends Perish
SOON our friends perish,
Spring Carol
WHEN loud by landside streamlets gush,
Spring Song
THE air was full of sun and birds,
St. Martin's Summer
AS swallows turning backward
Still I Love To Rhyme
STILL I love to rhyme, and still more, rhyming, to wander
Stout Marches Lead To Certain Ends
STOUT marches lead to certain ends,
Strange Are The Ways Of Men
STRANGE are the ways of men,
Swallows Travel To And Fro
SWALLOWS travel to and fro,
Tales Of Arabia
YES, friend, I own these tales of Arabia
Tempest Tossed And Sore Afflicted
TEMPEST tossed and sore afflicted, sin defiled and care oppressed,
The Angler Rose, He Took His Rod
THE angler rose, he took his rod,
The Bour-Tree Den
CLINKUM-CLANK in the rain they ride,
The Clock's Clear Voice Into The Clearer Air
THE cock's clear voice into the clearer air
The Far-Farers
THE broad sun,
The Old Chimaeras. Old Recipts
THE old Chimaeras, old receipts
The Piper
AGAIN I hear you piping, for I know the tune so well,
The Relic Taken, What Avails The Shrine?
THE relic taken, what avails the shrine?
The Summer Sun Shone Round Me
THE summer sun shone round me,
The Vanquished Knight
I HAVE left all upon the shameful field,
The Wind Blew Shrill And Smart
THE wind blew shrill and smart,
The Wind Is Without There And Howls In The Trees
THE wind is without there and howls in the trees,
This Gloomy Northern Day
THIS gloomy northern day,
Thou Strainest Through The Mountain Fern
THOU strainest through the mountain fern,
Though Deep Indifference Should Drowse
THOUGH deep indifference should drowse
To All That Love The Far And Blue
TO all that love the far and blue:
To Charles Baxter
OUR Johnie's deid. The mair's the pity!
To Friends At Home
TO friends at home, the lone, the admired, the lost
To Madame Garschine
WHAT is the face, the fairest face, till Care,
To Marcus
YOU have been far, and I
To Mesdames Zassetsky And Garschine
THE wind may blaw the lee-gang way
To Miss Cornish
THEY tell me, lady, that to-day
To Mrs. Macmarland
IN Schnee der Alpen - so it runs
To Ottilie
YOU remember, I suppose,
To Rosabelle
WHEN my young lady has grown great and staid,
To Sydney
NOT thine where marble-still and white
To The Commissioners Of Northern Lights
I SEND to you, commissioners,
To What Shall I Compare Her?
TO what shall I compare her,
Variant Form Of The Preceding Poem
COME to me, all ye that labour; I will give your spirits rest;
Voluntary
HERE in the quiet eve
What Man May Learn, What Man May Do
WHAT man may learn, what man may do,
When The Sun Come After Rain
WHEN the sun comes after rain
You Looked So Tempting In The Pew
YOU looked so tempting in the pew,

Robert Louis Stevenson

(1850-1894)