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A Child's Garden of Verses, 1885 |
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A Child’s Garden of Verses Contents
I. Bed in Summer; II. A Thought; III. At the Sea-Side; IV. Young Night-Thought; V. Whole Duty of Children; VI. Rain; VII. Pirate Story; VIII. Foreign Lands; IX. Windy Nights; X. Travel; XI. Singing; XII. Looking Forward; XIII. A Good Play; XIV. Where Go the Boats?; XV. Auntie's Skirts; XVI. The Land of Counterpane; XVII. The Land of Nod; XVIII. My Shadow; XIX. System; XX. A Good Boy; XXI. Escape at Bedtime; XXII. Marching Song; XXIII. The Cow; XXIV. The Happy Thought; XXV. The Wind; XXVI. Keepsake Mill; XXVII. Good and Bad Children; XXVIII. Foreign Children; XXIX. The Sun Travels; XXX. The Lamplighter; XXXI. My Bed is a Boat; XXXII. The Moon; XXXIII. The Swing; XXXIV. Time to Rise; XXXV. Looking-Glass River; XXXVI. Fairy Bread; XXXVII. From a Railway Carriage; XXXVIII. Winter-Time; XXXIX. The Hayloft; XL. Farewell to the Farm; XLI North-West Passage: 1. Good-Night, 2. Shadow March, 3. In Port
The Child Alone: I. The Unseen Playmate; II. My Ship and I; III. My Kingdom; IV. Picture-Books in Winter; V. My Treasures; VI. Block City; VII. The Land of Story-Books; VIII. Armies in the Fire; IX. The Little Land
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Underwoods Contents
Book I. In English
I. Envoy; II. A Song Of The Road; III. The Canoe Speaks; IV. “It is the season now to go”; V. The House Beautiful; VI. A Visit From The Sea; VII. To A Gardener; VIII. To Minnie; IX. To K. De M.; X. To N. V. De G. S.; XI. To Will. H. Low; XII. To Mrs. Will. H. Low; XIII. To H. F. Brown; XIV. To Andrew Lang; XV. Et Tu In Arcadia Vixisti (To R. A. M. S.); XVI. To W. E. Henley; XVII. Henry James; XVIII. The Mirror Speaks; XIX. Katharine; XX. To F. J. S.; XXI. Requiem; XXII. The Celestial Surgeon; XXIII. Our Lady Of The Snows; XXIV. “Not yet, my soul, these friendly fields desert”; XXV. “It is not yours, O mother, to complain”; XXVI. The Sick Child; XXVII. In Memoriam F. A. S.; XXVIII. To My Father; XXIX. In The States; XXX. A Portrait; XXXI. “Sing clearlier, Muse, or evermore be still”; XXXII. A Camp; XXXIII. The Country of the Camisards; XXXIV. Skerryvore; XXXV. Skerryvore: The Parallel; XXXVI. “My house, I say. But hark to the sunny doves”; XXXVII. “My body which my dungeon is”; XXXVIII. “Say not of me that weakly I declined”
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Ballads Contents
"The Song of Rahero: A Legend of Tahiti"
I. The Slaying of Tamatea; II. The Venging of Tamatea; III. Rahero; Notes to the Song of Rahero
"The Feast of Famine: Marquesan Manners"
I. The Priest's Vigil; II. The Lovers; III. The Feast IV. The Raid; Notes to the Feast of Famine
"Ticonderoga: A Legend of the West Highlands"
I. The Saying of the Name; II. The Seeking of the Name; III. The Place of the Name; Notes to Ticonderoga
"Heather Ale: A Galloway Legend"
Note to Heather Ale
"Christmas at Sea"
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Songs of Travel and Other Verses, 1895 |
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Songs of Travel and Other Verses Contents
I. The Vagabond—Give to me the life I love; II. Youth and Love: i.—Once only by the garden gate; III. Youth and Love: ii.—To the heart of youth the world is a highwayside; IV. In dreams, unhappy, I behold you stand; V. She rested by the Broken Brook; VI. The infinite shining heavens; VII. Plain as the glistering planets shine; VIII. To you, let snows and roses; IX. Let Beauty awake in the morn from beautiful dreams; X. I know not how it is with you; XI. I will make you brooches and toys for your delight; XII. We have loved of Yore—Berried brake and reedy island; XIII. Mater Triumphans—Son of my woman’s body, you go, to the drum and fife; XIV. Bright is the ring of words; XV. In the highlands, in the country places; XVI. Home no more home to me, wither must I wander?; XVII. Winter—In rigorous hours, when down the iron lane; XVIII. The stormy evening closes now in vain; XIX. To Dr. Hake—In the belovèd hour that ushers day; XX. To —I knew thee strong and quiet like the hills
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