The Home Book of Verse, Volume 4

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Author

Stevenson, Burton Egbert, 1872-1962

Title

The Home Book of Verse — Volume 4

Credits

Produced by Dennis Schreiner, and David Widger

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Children's poetry

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Text

eBook-No.

2622

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2622

Release Date

May 1, 2001

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE HOME BOOK OF VERSE, VOLUME 4
2. 2.INDEXES TO ALL FOUR VOLUMES
3. 3.Contents — PART IV
4. 4.FAMILIAR VERSE, AND POEMS HUMOROUS AND SATIRIC
5. 5.BALLADE OF THE PRIMITIVE JEST
6. 6.THE KINDLY MUSE
7. 7.TIME TO BE WISE
8. 8.UNDER THE LINDENS
9. 9.ADVICE
10. 10.TO FANNY
11. 11."I'D BE A BUTTERFLY"
12. 12."I'M NOT A SINGLE MAN"
13. 13.TO——
14. 14.THE VICAR
15. 15.THE BELLE OF THE BALL-ROOM
16. 16.THE FINE OLD ENGLISH GENTLEMAN
17. 17.A TERNARIE OF LITTLES, UPON A PIPKIN OF JELLY SENT TO A LADY
18. 18.CHIVALRY AT A DISCOUNT
19. 19.THE BALLAD OF BOUILLABAISSE
20. 20.TO MY GRANDMOTHER
21. 21.MY MISTRESS'S BOOTS
22. 22.A GARDEN LYRIC
23. 23.MRS. SMITH
24. 24.THE SKELETON IN THE CUPBOARD
25. 25.A TERRIBLE INFANT
26. 26.COMPANIONS
27. 27.DOROTHY Q
28. 28.MY AUNT
29. 29.THE LAST LEAF
30. 30.CONTENTMENT
31. 31.THE BOYS
32. 32.THE JOLLY OLD PEDAGOGUE
33. 33.ON AN INTAGLIO HEAD OF MINERVA
34. 34.THALIA
35. 35.PAN IN WALL STREET
36. 36.UPON LESBIA—ARGUING
37. 37.TO ANTHEA, WHO MAY COMMAND HIM ANYTHING
38. 38.THE EIGHT-DAY CLOCK
39. 39.A PORTRAIT
40. 40."OLD BOOKS ARE BEST"
41. 41.IMPRESSION
42. 42."WITH STRAWBERRIES"
43. 43.BALLADE OF LADIES' NAMES
44. 44.TO A PAIR OF EGYPTIAN SLIPPERS
45. 45.WITHOUT AND WITHIN
46. 46."SHE WAS A BEAUTY"
47. 47.NELL GWYNNE'S LOOKING-GLASS
48. 48.MIMNERMUS IN CHURCH
49. 49.CLAY
50. 50.AUCASSIN AND NICOLETE
51. 51.PROVENCAL LOVERS
52. 52.ON THE HURRY OF THIS TIME
53. 53."GOOD-NIGHT, BABETTE!"
54. 54.A DIALOGUE FROM PLATO
55. 55.THE LADIES OF ST. JAMES'S — Phyllida amo ante alias.—Virgil
56. 56.THE CURE'S PROGRESS
57. 57.A GENTLEMAN OF THE OLD SCHOOL
58. 58.ON A FAN
59. 59."WHEN I SAW YOU LAST, ROSE"
60. 60.URCEUS EXIT
61. 61.A CORSAGE BOUQUET
62. 62.TWO TRIOLETS
63. 63.THE BALLAD OF DEAD LADIES
64. 64.BALLADE OF DEAD LADIES
65. 65.A BALLAD OF DEAD LADIES
66. 66.IF I WERE KING
67. 67.A BALLADE OF SUICIDE
68. 68.CHIFFONS!
69. 69.ENVOY — William Samuel Johnson [1859-
70. 70.THE COURT HISTORIAN
71. 71.MISS LOU
72. 72.THE POET AND THE WOOD-LOUSE
73. 73.STUDENTS
74. 74."ONE, TWO, THREE!"
75. 75.THE CHAPERON
76. 76."A PITCHER OF MIGNONETTE"
77. 77.OLD KING COLE
78. 78.THE MASTER MARINER
79. 79.A ROSE TO THE LIVING
80. 80.A KISS
81. 81.BIFTEK AUX CHAMPIGNONS
82. 82.EVOLUTION
83. 83.A REASONABLE AFFLICTION
84. 84.A MORAL IN SEVRES
85. 85.ON THE FLY-LEAF OF A BOOK OF OLD PLAYS
86. 86.THE TALENTED MAN
87. 87.A LETTER OF ADVICE
88. 88.A NICE CORRESPONDENT
89. 89.HER LETTER
90. 90.A DEAD LETTER
91. 91.THE NYMPH COMPLAINING FOR THE DEATH OF HER FAWN
92. 92.ON THE DEATH OF A FAVORITE CAT, DROWNED IN A TUB OF GOLD FISHES
93. 93.VERSES ON A CAT
94. 94.EPITAPH ON A HARE
95. 95.ON THE DEATH OF MRS. THROCKMORTON'S BULLFINCH
96. 96.AN ELEGY ON A LAP-DOG
97. 97.MY LAST TERRIER
98. 98.GEIST'S GRAVE
99. 99."HOLD"
100. 100.THE BARB OF SATIRE
101. 101.THE VICAR OF BRAY
102. 102.THE LOST LEADER
103. 103.ICHABOD
104. 104.WHAT MR. ROBINSON THINKS
105. 105.THE DEBATE IN THE SENNIT
106. 106.THE MARQUIS OF CARABAS
107. 107.A MODEST WIT
108. 108.JOLLY JACK
109. 109.THE KING OF BRENTFORD
110. 110.KAISER & CO
111. 111.NONGTONGPAW
112. 112.THE LION AND THE CUB
113. 113.THE HARE WITH MANY FRIENDS
114. 114.THE SYCOPHANTIC FOX AND THE GULLIBLE RAVEN
115. 115.THE FRIEND OF HUMANITY AND THE KNIFE-GRINDER
116. 116.VILLON'S STRAIGHT TIP TO ALL CROSS COVES
117. 117.VILLON'S BALLADE
118. 118.A LITTLE BROTHER OF THE RICH
119. 119.THE WORLD'S WAY
120. 120.FOR MY OWN MONUMENT
121. 121.THE BISHOP ORDERS HIS TOMB AT SAINT PRAXED'S CHURCH
122. 122.UP AT A VILLA—DOWN IN THE CITY
123. 123.ALL SAINTS'
124. 124.AN ADDRESS TO THE UNCO GUID, OR THE RIGIDLY RIGHTEOUS
125. 125.THE DEACON'S MASTERPIECE, OR THE WONDERFUL "ONE-HOSS SHAY"
126. 126.BALLADE OF A FRIAR
127. 127.THE CHAMELEON
128. 128.THE BLIND MEN AND THE ELEPHANT
129. 129.THE PHILOSOPHER'S SCALES
130. 130.THE MAIDEN AND THE LILY
131. 131.THE OWL-CRITIC
132. 132.THE BALLAD OF IMITATION
133. 133.THE CONUNDRUM OF THE WORKSHOPS
134. 134.THE V-A-S-E
135. 135.HEM AND HAW
136. 136.MINIVER CHEEVY
137. 137.THEN AG'IN
138. 138.A CONSERVATIVE
139. 139.SIMILAR CASES
140. 140.MAN AND THE ASCIDIAN
141. 141.THE CALF-PATH
142. 142.WEDDED BLISS
143. 143.PARADISE: A HINDOO LEGEND
144. 144.AD CHLOEN, M. A.
145. 145."AS LIKE THE WOMAN AS YOU CAN"
146. 146."NO FAULT IN WOMEN"
147. 147."ARE WOMEN FAIR?"
148. 148.A STRONG HAND
149. 149.WOMEN'S LONGING
150. 150.TRIOLET
151. 151.THE FAIR CIRCASSIAN
152. 152.THE FEMALE PHAETON
153. 153.THE LURE
154. 154.THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES
155. 155.THE WOMAN WITH THE SERPENT'S TONGUE
156. 156.SUPPOSE
157. 157.TOO CANDID BY HALF
158. 158.FABLE
159. 159.WOMAN'S WILL
160. 160.WOMAN'S WILL
161. 161.PLAYS
162. 162.THE REMEDY WORSE THAN THE DISEASE
163. 163.THE NET OF LAW
164. 164.COLOGNE
165. 165.EPITAPH ON CHARLES II
166. 166.CERTAIN MAXIMS OF HAFIZ
167. 167.A BAKER'S DUZZEN UV WIZE SAWZ
168. 168.EPIGRAMS
169. 169.WRITTEN ON A LOOKING-GLASS
170. 170.AN EPITAPH
171. 171.ON THE ARISTOCRACY OF HARVARD
172. 172.ON THE DEMOCRACY OF YALE
173. 173.A GENERAL SUMMARY
174. 174.THE MIMICS
175. 175.AN OMAR FOR LADIES
176. 176."WHEN LOVELY WOMAN"
177. 177.FRAGMENT IN IMITATION OF WORDSWORTH
178. 178.ONLY SEVEN
179. 179.LUCY LAKE
180. 180.JANE SMITH
181. 181.FATHER WILLIAM
182. 182.THE NEW ARRIVAL
183. 183.DISASTER
184. 184.'TWAS EVER THUS
185. 185.A GRIEVANCE
186. 186."NOT A SOU HAD HE GOT"
187. 187.THE WHITING AND THE SNAIL
188. 188.THE RECOGNITION
189. 189.THE HIGHER PANTHEISM IN A NUTSHELL
190. 190.THE WILLOW-TREE
191. 191.POETS AND LINNETS
192. 192.THE JAM-POT
193. 193.BALLAD
194. 194.Part I
195. 195.Part II
196. 196.THE POSTER-GIRL
197. 197.AFTER DILETTANTE CONCETTI
198. 198.IF
199. 199.NEPHELIDIA
200. 200.COMMONPLACES
201. 201.THE PROMISSORY NOTE
202. 202.MRS. JUDGE JENKINS
203. 203.THE MODERN HIAWATHA
204. 204.HOW OFTEN
205. 205."IF I SHOULD DIE TO-NIGHT"
206. 206.SINCERE FLATTERY
207. 207.CULTURE IN THE SLUMS
208. 208.THE POETS AT TEA
209. 209.WORDSWORTH
210. 210.THE HOME BOOK OF VERSE, INDEX TO ALL FOUR VOLUMES
211. 211.ALPHABETICAL INDEX
212. 212.Contents
213. 213.THE HOME BOOK OF VERSE, VOLUME 2
214. 214.THE HOME BOOK OF VERSE, VOLUME 3
215. 215.THE HOME BOOK OF VERSE, VOLUME 4
216. 216.THE HOME BOOK OF VERSE, ALPHABETICAL INDEX
217. 217.Contents

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