Windy Nights, st. 1.
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A Child's Garden of Verses
A Child's Garden of Verses is a collection of poetry for children by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, a collection that concerns childhood, illness, play, and solitude. The collection first appeared in 1885 under the title Penny Whistles, but has been reprinted many times, often in illustrated versions. It contains about 65 poems, including "Foreign Children", "The Lamplighter," "The Land of Counterpane", "Bed in Summer", "My Shadow", and "The Swing".
“The world is so full of a number of things,
I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.”
Happy Thought.
A Child's Garden of Verses (1885)
The Cow, st. 1.
A Child's Garden of Verses (1885)
Whole Duty of Children.
A Child's Garden of Verses (1885)
Bed in Summer, st. 1.
A Child's Garden of Verses (1885)
My Shadow, st. 1.
A Child's Garden of Verses (1885)
“Children, you are very little,
And your bones are very brittle.”
Good and Bad Children, st. 1.
A Child's Garden of Verses (1885)
