The Home Book of Verse, Volume 1

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Author

Stevenson, Burton Egbert, 1872-1962

Title

The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1

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Produced by Dennis Schreiner, and David Widger

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English

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PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

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Children's poetry

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May 1, 2001

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Contents

1. 1.THE HOME BOOK OF VERSE, VOLUME 1
2. 2.Contents — PART I — POEMS OF YOUTH AND AGE
3. 3.THE HUMAN SEASONS
4. 4.THE BABY
5. 5."ONLY A BABY SMALL"
6. 6.ONLY
7. 7.INFANT JOY
8. 8.BABY
9. 9.TO A NEW-BORN BABY GIRL
10. 10.TO LITTLE RENEE ON FIRST SEEING HER LYING IN HER CRADLE
11. 11.RHYME OF ONE
12. 12.TO A NEW-BORN CHILD
13. 13.BABY MAY
14. 14.ALICE
15. 15.SONGS FOR FRAGOLETTA — I
16. 16.CHOOSING A NAME
17. 17.WEIGHING THE BABY
18. 18.ETUDE REALISTE
19. 19.LITTLE FEET
20. 20.THE BABIE
21. 21.LITTLE HANDS
22. 22.BARTHOLOMEW
23. 23.THE STORM-CHILD
24. 24."ON PARENT KNEES"
25. 25.THE KING OF THE CRADLE
26. 26.THE FIRSTBORN
27. 27.NO BABY IN THE HOUSE
28. 28.OUR WEE WHITE ROSE
29. 29.INTO THE WORLD AND OUT
30. 30."BABY SLEEPS"
31. 31.BABY BELL — I
32. 32.IN THE NURSERY
33. 33.MOTHER GOOSE'S MELODIES — —————-
34. 34.THE QUEEN OF HEARTS
35. 35.LITTLE BO-PEEP
36. 36.MARY'S LAMB
37. 37.THE STAR
38. 38."SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE"
39. 39.SIMPLE SIMON
40. 40.A PLEASANT SHIP
41. 41."I HAD A LITTLE HUSBAND"
42. 42."WHEN I WAS A BACHELOR"
43. 43."JOHNNY SHALL HAVE A NEW BONNET"
44. 44.THE CITY MOUSE AND THE GARDEN MOUSE
45. 45.ROBIN REDBREAST
46. 46.SOLOMON GRUNDY
47. 47."MERRY ARE THE BELLS"
48. 48."WHEN GOOD KING ARTHUR RULED THIS LAND"
49. 49.THE BELLS OF LONDON
50. 50.THE OWL, THE EEL AND THE WARMING-PAN
51. 51.THE COW
52. 52.THE LAMB
53. 53.LITTLE RAINDROPS
54. 54."MOON, SO ROUND AND YELLOW"
55. 55.THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT — This is the house that Jack built.
56. 56.OLD MOTHER HUBBARD
57. 57.THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF COCK ROBIN
58. 58.BABY-LAND
59. 59.THE FIRST TOOTH
60. 60.BABY'S BREAKFAST
61. 61.THE MOON
62. 62.BABY AT PLAY
63. 63.THE DIFFERENCE
64. 64.FOOT SOLDIERS
65. 65.TOM THUMB'S ALPHABET
66. 66.GRAMMAR IN RHYME
67. 67.DAYS OF THE MONTH
68. 68.THE GARDEN YEAR
69. 69.RIDDLES
70. 70.PROVERBS
71. 71.KIND HEARTS
72. 72.WEATHER WISDOM
73. 73.OLD SUPERSTITIONS
74. 74.THE ROAD TO SLUMBERLAND
75. 75.WYNKEN, BLYNKEN, AND NOD
76. 76.THE SUGAR-PLUM TREE
77. 77.WHEN THE SLEEPY MAN COMES
78. 78.AULD DADDY DARKNESS
79. 79.WILLIE WINKIE
80. 80.THE SANDMAN
81. 81.THE DUSTMAN
82. 82.SEPHESTIA'S LULLABY
83. 83."GOLDEN SLUMBERS KISS YOUR EYES"
84. 84."SLEEP, BABY, SLEEP"
85. 85.MOTHER'S SONG
86. 86.A LULLABY
87. 87.A CRADLE HYMN
88. 88.CRADLE SONG
89. 89.LULLABY
90. 90.LULLABY OF AN INFANT CHIEF
91. 91.GOOD-NIGHT
92. 92."LULLABY, O LULLABY"
93. 93.LULLABY
94. 94.THE COTTAGER TO HER INFANT
95. 95.TROT, TROT!
96. 96.HOLY INNOCENTS
97. 97.LULLABY
98. 98.CRADLE SONG
99. 99.AN IRISH LULLABY
100. 100.CRADLE SONG — I
101. 101.MOTHER-SONG FROM "PRINCE LUCIFER"
102. 102.KENTUCKY BABE
103. 103.MINNIE AND WINNIE
104. 104.BED-TIME SONG
105. 105.TUCKING THE BABY IN
106. 106."JENNY WI' THE AIRN TEETH"
107. 107.CUDDLE DOON
108. 108.BEDTIME
109. 109.THE DUTY OF CHILDREN
110. 110.HAPPY THOUGHT
111. 111.WHOLE DUTY OF CHILDREN
112. 112.POLITENESS
113. 113.RULES OF BEHAVIOR
114. 114.LITTLE FRED
115. 115.THE LOVABLE CHILD
116. 116.GOOD AND BAD CHILDREN
117. 117.REBECCA'S AFTER-THOUGHT
118. 118.KINDNESS TO ANIMALS
119. 119.A RULE FOR BIRDS' NESTERS
120. 120."SING ON, BLITHE BIRD"
121. 121."I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY"
122. 122.LITTLE THINGS
123. 123.THE LITTLE GENTLEMAN
124. 124.THE CRUST OF BREAD
125. 125."HOW DOTH THE LITTLE BUSY BEE"
126. 126.THE BROWN THRUSH
127. 127.THE SLUGGARD
128. 128.THE VIOLET
129. 129.DIRTY JIM
130. 130.THE PIN
131. 131.JANE AND ELIZA
132. 132.MEDDLESOME MATTY
133. 133.CONTENTED JOHN
134. 134.FRIENDS
135. 135.ANGER
136. 136."THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL"
137. 137.THE REFORMATION OF GODFREY GORE
138. 138.THE BEST FIRM
139. 139.A LITTLE PAGE'S SONG
140. 140.HOW THE LITTLE KITE LEARNED TO FLY
141. 141.THE BUTTERFLY AND THE BEE
142. 142.THE BUTTERFLY
143. 143.MORNING
144. 144.BUTTERCUPS AND DAISIES
145. 145.THE ANT AND THE CRICKET
146. 146.AFTER WINGS
147. 147.DEEDS OF KINDNESS
148. 148.THE LION AND THE MOUSE
149. 149.THE BOY AND THE WOLF
150. 150.THE STORY OF AUGUSTUS, WHO WOULD NOT HAVE ANY SOUP
151. 151.THE STORY OF LITTLE SUCK-A-THUMB
152. 152.WRITTEN IN A LITTLE LADY'S LITTLE ALBUM
153. 153.MY LADY WIND
154. 154.TO A CHILD
155. 155.A FAREWELL
156. 156.RHYMES OF CHILDHOOD
157. 157.REEDS OF INNOCENCE
158. 158.THE WONDERFUL WORLD
159. 159.THE WORLD'S MUSIC
160. 160.A BOY'S SONG
161. 161.GOING DOWN HILL ON A BICYCLE
162. 162.PLAYGROUNDS
163. 163."WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND?"
164. 164.THE WIND'S SONG
165. 165.THE PIPER ON THE HILL
166. 166.THE WIND AND THE MOON
167. 167.CHILD'S SONG IN SPRING
168. 168.BABY SEED SONG
169. 169.LITTLE DANDELION
170. 170.LITTLE WHITE LILY
171. 171.WISHING
172. 172.IN THE GARDEN
173. 173.THE GLADNESS OF NATURE
174. 174.GLAD DAY
175. 175.THE TIGER
176. 176.ANSWER TO A CHILD'S QUESTION
177. 177.HOW THE LEAVES CAME DOWN
178. 178.A LEGEND OF THE NORTHLAND
179. 179.THE CRICKET'S STORY
180. 180.THE SINGING-LESSON
181. 181.CHANTICLEER
182. 182."WHAT DOES LITTLE BIRDIE SAY?"
183. 183.NURSE'S SONG
184. 184.JACK FROST
185. 185.OCTOBER'S PARTY
186. 186.THE SHEPHERD
187. 187.NIKOLINA
188. 188.LITTLE GUSTAVA
189. 189.PRINCE TATTERS
190. 190.THE LITTLE BLACK BOY
191. 191.THE BLIND BOY
192. 192.BUNCHES OF GRAPES
193. 193.MY SHADOW
194. 194.THE LAND OF COUNTERPANE
195. 195.THE LAND OF STORY-BOOKS
196. 196.THE GARDENER
197. 197.FOREIGN LANDS
198. 198.MY BED IS A BOAT
199. 199.THE PEDDLER'S CARAVAN
200. 200.MR. COGGS
201. 201.THE BUILDING OF THE NEST
202. 202."THERE WAS A JOLLY MILLER"
203. 203.ONE AND ONE
204. 204.A NURSERY SONG
205. 205.A MORTIFYING MISTAKE
206. 206.THE MAN IN THE MOON
207. 207.LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE
208. 208.OUR HIRED GIRL
209. 209.SEEIN' THINGS
210. 210.THE DUEL
211. 211.HOLY THURSDAY
212. 212.A STORY FOR A CHILD
213. 213.THE SPIDER AND THE FLY
214. 214.THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER
215. 215.THE NIGHTINGALE AND GLOW-WORM
216. 216.SIR LARK AND KING SUN: A PARABLE
217. 217.THE BABES IN THE WOOD
218. 218.GOD'S JUDGMENT ON A WICKED BISHOP
219. 219.THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN
220. 220.THE GLAD EVANGEL
221. 221.A CAROL
222. 222."GOD REST YOU MERRY, GENTLEMEN"
223. 223."O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM"
224. 224.A CHRISTMAS HYMN
225. 225."WHILE SHEPHERDS WATCHED THEIR FLOCKS BY NIGHT"
226. 226.CHRISTMAS CAROLS
227. 227.THE ANGELS
228. 228.THE BURNING BABE
229. 229.TRYSTE NOEL
230. 230.CHRISTMAS CAROL
231. 231."BRIGHTEST AND BEST OF THE SONS OF THE MORNING"
232. 232.CHRISTMAS BELLS
233. 233.A CHRISTMAS CAROL
234. 234.THE HOUSE OF CHRISTMAS
235. 235.THE FEAST OF THE SNOW
236. 236.MARY'S BABY
237. 237.GATES AND DOORS
238. 238.THE THREE KINGS
239. 239.LULLABY IN BETHLEHEM
240. 240.A CHILD'S SONG OF CHRISTMAS
241. 241.JEST 'FORE CHRISTMAS
242. 242.A VTSTT FROM ST. NICHOLAS
243. 243.CEREMONIES FOR CHRISTMAS
244. 244.ON THE MORNING OF CHRIST'S NATIVITY
245. 245.FAIRYLAND
246. 246.THE FAIRY BOOK
247. 247.FAIRY SONGS
248. 248.QUEEN MAB
249. 249.THE ELF AND THE DORMOUSE
250. 250."OH! WHERE DO FAIRIES HIDE THEIR HEADS?"
251. 251.FAIRY SONG
252. 252.DREAM SONG
253. 253.FAIRY SONG
254. 254.QUEEN MAB
255. 255.THE FAIRIES OF THE CALDON-LOW
256. 256.THE FAIRIES
257. 257.THE FAIRY THRALL
258. 258.FAREWELL TO THE FAIRIES
259. 259.THE FAIRY FOLK
260. 260.THE FAIRY BOOK
261. 261.THE VISITOR
262. 262.THE LITTLE ELF
263. 263.THE SATYRS AND THE MOON
264. 264.THE CHILDREN
265. 265.THE CHILDREN
266. 266.THE CHILDREN'S HOUR
267. 267.LAUS INFANTIUM
268. 268.THE DESIRE
269. 269.A CHILD'S LAUGHTER
270. 270.SEVEN YEARS OLD
271. 271.CREEP AFORE YE GANG
272. 272.CASTLES IN THE AIR
273. 273.UNDER MY WINDOW
274. 274.THE BAREFOOT BOY
275. 275.THE HERITAGE
276. 276.LETTY'S GLOBE
277. 277.DOVE'S NEST
278. 278.THE ORACLE
279. 279.TO A LITTLE GIRL
280. 280.TO A LITTLE GIRL
281. 281.A PARENTAL ODE TO MY SON
282. 282.A NEW POET
283. 283.TO LAURA W—, TWO YEARS OLD
284. 284.TO ROSE
285. 285.TO CHARLOTTE PULTENEY
286. 286.THE PICTURE OF LITTLE T. C. IN A PROSPECT OF FLOWERS
287. 287.TO HARTLEY COLERIDGE
288. 288.TO A CHILD OF QUALITY
289. 289.EX ORE INFANTIUM
290. 290.OBITUARY
291. 291.THE CHILD'S HERITAGE
292. 292.A GIRL OF POMPEII
293. 293.ON THE PICTURE OF A "CHILD TIRED OF PLAY"
294. 294.THE REVERIE OF POOR SUSAN
295. 295.CHILDREN'S SONG
296. 296.THE MITHERLESS BAIRN
297. 297.THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN
298. 298.THE SHADOW-CHILD
299. 299.MOTHER WEPT
300. 300.DUTY
301. 301.LUCY GRAY
302. 302.IN THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
303. 303."IF I WERE DEAD"
304. 304.THE TOYS
305. 305.A SONG OF TWILIGHT
306. 306.LITTLE BOY BLUE
307. 307.THE DISCOVERER
308. 308.A CHRYSALIS
309. 309.MATER DOLOROSA
310. 310.THE LITTLE GHOST
311. 311.MOTHERHOOD
312. 312.THE MOTHER'S PRAYER
313. 313.DA LEETLA BOY
314. 314.ON THE MOOR
315. 315.EPITAPH OF DIONYSIA
316. 316.FOR CHARLIE'S SAKE
317. 317."ARE THE CHILDREN AT HOME?"
318. 318.THE MORNING-GLORY
319. 319.SHE CAME AND WENT
320. 320.THE FIRST SNOW-FALL
321. 321."WE ARE SEVEN"
322. 322.MY CHILD
323. 323.When at the day's calm close,
324. 324.THE CHILD'S WISH GRANTED
325. 325.CHALLENGE
326. 326.TIRED MOTHERS
327. 327.MY DAUGHTER LOUISE
328. 328."I AM LONELY"
329. 329.SONNETS
330. 330.ROSE-MARIE OF THE ANGELS
331. 331.MAIDENHOOD
332. 332.MAIDENHOOD
333. 333.TO THE VIRGINS, TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME
334. 334.TO MISTRESS MARGARET HUSSEY
335. 335.ON HER COMING TO LONDON
336. 336."O, SAW YE BONNY LESLEY"
337. 337.TO A YOUNG LADY
338. 338.RUTH
339. 339.THE SOLITARY REAPER
340. 340.THE THREE COTTAGE GIRLS
341. 341.A PORTRAIT
342. 342.TO A CHILD OF FANCY
343. 343.DAISY
344. 344.TO PETRONILLA WHO HAS PUT UP HER HAIR
345. 345.THE GYPSY GIRL
346. 346.FANNY
347. 347.SOMEBODY'S CHILD
348. 348.EMILIA
349. 349.TO A GREEK GIRL
350. 350."CHAMBER SCENE"
351. 351."AH, BE NOT FALSE"
352. 352.A LIFE-LESSON
353. 353.THE MAN
354. 354.THE BREAKING
355. 355.THE FLIGHT OF YOUTH
356. 356."DAYS OF MY YOUTH"
357. 357.AVE ATQUE VALE
358. 358.TO YOUTH
359. 359.STANZAS WRITTEN ON THE ROAD BETWEEN FLORENCE AND PISA
360. 360.STANZAS FOR MUSIC
361. 361."WHEN AS A LAD"
362. 362."AROUND THE CHILD"
363. 363.ALADDIN
364. 364.THE QUEST
365. 365.MY BIRTH-DAY
366. 366.SONNET
367. 367.ON THIS DAY I COMPLETE MY THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR
368. 368.THE ONE WHITE HAIR
369. 369.BALLADE OF MIDDLE AGE
370. 370.MIDDLE AGE
371. 371.TO CRITICS
372. 372.THE RAINBOW
373. 373.LEAVETAKING
374. 374.EQUINOCTIAL
375. 375."BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF YEARS"
376. 376.MAN
377. 377.THE PULLEY
378. 378.ODE ON THE INTIMATIONS OF IMMORTALITY
379. 379.THE WOMAN
380. 380.WOMAN
381. 381.WOMAN
382. 382.SIMPLEX MUNDITIIS
383. 383.DELIGHT IN DISORDER
384. 384.A PRAISE OF HIS LADY
385. 385.ON A CERTAIN LADY AT COURT
386. 386.PERFECT WOMAN
387. 387.THE SOLITARY-HEARTED
388. 388.OF THOSE WHO WALK ALONE
389. 389."SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY"
390. 390.PRELUDES
391. 391.A HEALTH
392. 392.OUR SISTER
393. 393.FROM LIFE
394. 394.THE ROSE OF THE WORLD
395. 395.DAWN OF WOMANHOOD
396. 396.THE SHEPHERDESS
397. 397.A PORTRAIT
398. 398.THE WIFE
399. 399."TRUSTY, DUSKY, VIVID, TRUE"
400. 400.THE SHRINE
401. 401.THE VOICE
402. 402.MOTHER
403. 403.AD MATREM
404. 404.C. L. M.
405. 405.STEPPING WESTWARD
406. 406.STEPPING WESTWARD
407. 407.A FAREWELL TO ARMS
408. 408.THE WORLD
409. 409."WHEN THAT I WAS AND A LITTLE TINY BOY"
410. 410.OF THE LAST VERSES IN THE BOOK
411. 411.A LAMENT
412. 412.TOMORROW
413. 413.LATE WISDOM
414. 414.YOUTH AND AGE
415. 415.THE OLD MAN'S COMFORTS
416. 416.TO AGE
417. 417.LATE LEAVES
418. 418.YEARS
419. 419.THE RIVER OF LIFE
420. 420."LONG TIME A CHILD"
421. 421.THE WORLD I AM PASSING THROUGH
422. 422.TERMINUS
423. 423.RABBI BEN EZRA
424. 424.HUMAN LIFE
425. 425.YOUNG AND OLD
426. 426.THE ISLE OF THE LONG AGO
427. 427.GROWING OLD
428. 428.PAST
429. 429.TWILIGHT
430. 430.YOUTH AND AGE
431. 431.FORTY YEARS ON
432. 432.DREGS
433. 433.THE PARADOX OF TIME
434. 434.AGE
435. 435.OMNIA SOMNIA
436. 436.THE YEAR'S END
437. 437.AN OLD MAN'S SONG
438. 438.SONGS OF SEVEN — Seven Times One.—EXULTATION
439. 439.Seven Times Two.—ROMANCE
440. 440.AUSPEX
441. 441.LOOKING BACKWARD
442. 442.THE RETREAT
443. 443.Happy those early days, when I
444. 444.A SUPERSCRIPTION
445. 445.THE CHILD IN THE GARDEN
446. 446.CASTLES IN THE AIR
447. 447.SOMETIMES
448. 448.THE LITTLE GHOSTS
449. 449.MY OTHER ME
450. 450.A SHADOW BOAT
451. 451.A LAD THAT IS GONE
452. 452.CARCASSONNE
453. 453.CHILDHOOD
454. 454.THE WASTREL
455. 455.TROIA FUIT
456. 456.TEMPLE GARLANDS
457. 457.TIME LONG PAST
458. 458."I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER"
459. 459.MY LOST YOUTH
460. 460."VOICE OF THE WESTERN WIND"
461. 461.LANGSYNE, WHEN LIFE WAS BONNIE"
462. 462.THE SHOOGY-SHOO
463. 463.BABYLON
464. 464.THE ROAD OF REMEMBRANCE
465. 465.THE TRIUMPH OF FORGOTTEN THINGS
466. 466.IN THE TWILIGHT
467. 467.AN IMMORALITY
468. 468.THREE SEASONS
469. 469.THE OLD FAMILIAR FACES
470. 470.THE LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS
471. 471."TEARS, IDLE TEARS"
472. 472.THE PET NAME
473. 473.THREESCORE AND TEN
474. 474.RAIN ON THE ROOF
475. 475.ALONE BY THE HEARTH
476. 476.THE OLD MAN DREAMS
477. 477.THE GARRET
478. 478.AULD LANG SYNE
479. 479.ROCK ME TO SLEEP
480. 480.THE BUCKET
481. 481.THE GRAPE-VINE SWING
482. 482.THE OLD SWIMMIN'-HOLE
483. 483.FORTY YEARS AGO
484. 484.BEN BOLT
485. 485."BREAK, BREAK, BREAK" — THE HOME BOOK OF VERSE, INDEX TO ALL FOUR VOLUMES
486. 486.ALPHABETICAL INDEX
487. 487.Contents
488. 488.THE HOME BOOK OF VERSE, VOLUME 2
489. 489.THE HOME BOOK OF VERSE, VOLUME 3
490. 490.THE HOME BOOK OF VERSE, VOLUME 4
491. 491.THE HOME BOOK OF VERSE, ALPHABETICAL INDEX
492. 492.Contents

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