A Child's Garden of Verses

by Robert Louis Stevenson · language: en

Vocabulary level: Elementary · Flesch–Kincaid grade 8 · 312 sentences

Vocabulary level is estimated from word frequency, not an official CEFR classification.

Subjects: Children's poetry, English

Words worth knowing: gorse · smock · undaunted · scythe · plaything · garter · kirk · wintry

A Child's Garden of Verses ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, New York Copyright, 1905, By CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS Printed in the United States of America All rights reserved.

L. S._ THE ORIGINAL TITLE PAGE FOR A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES BY JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES ROBERT LOVIS STEVENSON WITH ILLVSTRATIONS BY JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS NEW YORK MCMV CONTENTS THE CHILD ALONE GARDEN DAYS ENVOYS ILLUSTRATIONS FROM DRAWINGS IN COLOR BY JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH FACING PAGE BED IN SUMMER 4 In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light.

FOREIGN LANDS 10 I held the trunk with both my hands And looked abroad on foreign lands.

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