A Child S Garden Of Verses By Robert Louis Stevenson

To alison cunningham from her boy for the long nights you lay awake and watched for my unworthy sake.

A child s garden of verses by robert louis stevenson. A child s garden of verses is a book of poetry for children. The original 1885 cover of the first edition the poems were written from stevenson s memories of his own childhood and are perfect for sharing with children even when they re still babies. For all the. Robert louis stevenson was a very versatile writer.

He delved deep into the human psyche when he wrote the strange case of doctor jekyll and mr hyde but he did not restrict himself to. A child s garden of verses is a collection of poetry for children by the scottish author robert louis stevenson a collection that concerns childhood illness play and solitude the collection first appeared in 1885 under the title penny whistles but has been reprinted many times often in illustrated versions. A child s garden of verses. It contains about 65 poems including foreign children the lamplighter the.

1913 a child s garden of verses simon schuster children s. At the sea side a child digs holes at the edge of the sea. A child s garden of verses is a book of poems for children written by scottish author robert louis stevenson. Included here are selections from a child s garden of verses a collection of poetry by robert louis stevenson originally published in 1900.

For your most comfortable hand that led me through the uneven land. Stevenson dedicated the poems to his nurse cummy alison cunningham who cared for him during his many childhood illnesses.