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New Poems, and Variant Readings
Robert Louis Stevenson
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p. ixPREFACE
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p. 1PRAYER
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LO! IN THINE HONEST EYES I READ
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THOUGH DEEP INDIFFERENCE SHOULD DROWSE
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MY HEART, WHEN FIRST THE BLACK-BIRD SINGS
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I DREAMED OF FOREST ALLEYS FAIR
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ST. MARTIN’S SUMMER
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DEDICATION
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THE OLD CHIMÆRAS, OLD RECEIPTS
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p. 10PRELUDE
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p. 11THE VANQUISHED KNIGHT
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TO THE COMMISSIONERS OF NORTHERN LIGHTS
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p. 13THE RELIC TAKEN, WHAT AVAILS THE SHRINE?
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p. 14ABOUT THE SHELTERED GARDEN GROUND
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p. 15AFTER READING “ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA”
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I KNOW NOT HOW, BUT AS I COUNT
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p. 16SPRING SONG
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THE SUMMER SUN SHONE ROUND ME
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YOU LOOKED SO TEMPTING IN THE PEW
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p. 18LOVE’S VICISSITUDES
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DUDDINGSTONE
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p. 20STOUT MARCHES LEAD TO CERTAIN ENDS
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AWAY WITH FUNERAL MUSIC
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p. 21TO SYDNEY
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HAD I THE POWER THAT HAVE THE WILL
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p. 24O DULL COLD NORTHERN SKY
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p. 25APOLOGETIC POSTSCRIPT OF A YEAR LATER
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p. 26TO MARCUS
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TO OTTILIE
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p. 28THIS GLOOMY NORTHERN DAY
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THE WIND IS WITHOUT THERE AND HOWLS IN THE TREES
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p. 31A VALENTINE’S SONG
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p. 34HAIL! CHILDISH SLAVES OF SOCIAL RULES
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SWALLOWS TRAVEL TO AND FRO
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TO MESDAMES ZASSETSKY AND GARSCHINE
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p. 39TO MADAME GARSCHINE
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MUSIC AT THE VILLA MARINA
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FEAR NOT, DEAR FRIEND, BUT FREELY LIVE YOUR DAYS
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LET LOVE GO, IF GO SHE WILL
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I DO NOT FEAR TO OWN ME KIN
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p. 44I AM LIKE ONE THAT FOR LONG DAYS HAD SATE
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VOLUNTARY
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p. 47ON NOW, ALTHOUGH THE YEAR BE DONE
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IN THE GREEN AND GALLANT SPRING
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p. 48DEATH, TO THE DEAD FOR EVERMORE
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TO CHARLES BAXTER
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I WHO ALL THE WINTER THROUGH
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LOVE, WHAT IS LOVE?
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SOON OUR FRIENDS PERISH
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AS ONE WHO HAVING WANDERED ALL NIGHT LONG
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p. 55STRANGE ARE THE WAYS OF MEN
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THE WIND BLEW SHRILL AND SMART
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p. 57MAN SAILS THE DEEP AWHILE
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THE COCK’S CLEAR VOICE INTO THE CLEARER AIR
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NOW WHEN THE NUMBER OF MY YEARS
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WHAT MAN MAY LEARN, WHAT MAN MAY DO
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SMALL IS THE TRUST WHEN LOVE IS GREEN
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KNOW YOU THE RIVER NEAR TO GREZ
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IT’S FORTH ACROSS THE ROARING FOAM
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p. 65AN ENGLISH BREEZE
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p. 66AS IN THEIR FLIGHT THE BIRDS OF SONG
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THE PIPER
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TO MRS. MACMARLAND
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TO MISS CORNISH
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p. 71TALES OF ARABIA
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p. 72BEHOLD, AS GOBLINS DARK OF MIEN
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STILL I LOVE TO RHYME
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LONG TIME I LAY IN LITTLE EASE
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FLOWER GOD, GOD OF THE SPRING
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COME, MY BELOVED, HEAR FROM ME
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SINCE YEARS AGO FOR EVERMORE
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ENVOY FOR “A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES”
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p. 80FOR RICHMOND’S GARDEN WALL
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HAIL, GUEST, AND ENTER FREELY!
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p. 81LO, NOW, MY GUEST
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SO LIVE, SO LOVE, SO USE THAT FRAGILE HOUR
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p. 82AD SE IPSUM
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BEFORE THIS LITTLE GIFT WAS COME
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p. 83GO, LITTLE BOOK—THE ANCIENT PHRASE
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MY LOVE WAS WARM
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p. 85DEDICATORY POEM FOR “UNDERWOODS”
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FAREWELL
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p. 87THE FAR-FARERS
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COME, MY LITTLE CHILDREN, HERE ARE SONGS FOR YOU
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p. 88HOME FROM THE DAISIED MEADOWS
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EARLY IN THE MORNING I HEAR ON YOUR PIANO
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p. 89FAIR ISLE AT SEA
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LOUD AND LOW IN THE CHIMNEY
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p. 90I LOVE TO BE WARM BY THE RED FIRESIDE
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AT LAST SHE COMES
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MINE EYES WERE SWIFT TO KNOW THEE
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FIXED IS THE DOOM
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MEN ARE HEAVEN’S PIERS
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THE ANGLER ROSE, HE TOOK HIS ROD
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p. 94SPRING CAROL
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TO WHAT SHALL I COMPARE HER?
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p. 96WHEN THE SUN COMES AFTER RAIN
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p. 97LATE, O MILLER
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TO FRIENDS AT HOME
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p. 98I, WHOM APOLLO SOMETIME VISITED
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TEMPEST TOSSED AND SORE AFFLICTED
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p. 99VARIANT FORM OF THE PRECEDING POEM
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p. 100I NOW, O FRIEND, WHOM NOISELESSLY THE SNOWS
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SINCE THOU HAST GIVEN ME THIS GOOD HOPE, O GOD
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p. 104GOD GAVE TO ME A CHILD IN PART
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p. 105OVER THE LAND IS APRIL
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p. 106LIGHT AS THE LINNET ON MY WAY I START
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COME, HERE IS ADIEU TO THE CITY
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p. 107IT BLOWS A SNOWING GALE
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NE SIT ANCILLÆ TIBI AMOR PUDOR
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TO ALL THAT LOVE THE FAR AND BLUE
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p. 110THOU STRAINEST THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN FERN
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p. 111TO ROSABELLE
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NOW BARE TO THE BEHOLDER’S EYE
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p. 114THE BOUR-TREE DEN
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SONNETS
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AIR OF DIABELLI’S
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EPITAPHIUM EROTII
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p. 133DE M. ANTONIO
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AD MAGISTRUM LUDI
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p. 134AD NEPOTEM
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p. 135IN CHARIDEMUM
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DE LIGURRA
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IN LUPUM
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AD QUINTILIANUM
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DE HORTIS JULII MARTIALIS
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p. 139AD MARTIALEM
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IN MAXIMUM
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AD OLUM
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DE CŒNATIONE MICÆ
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p. 141DE EROTIO PUELLA
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AD PISCATOREM
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p. ixPREFACE
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