Robert Louis Stevenson
1850–1894
Best-known poems
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Foreign Children
Little Indian, Sioux or Crow,
Little frosty Eskimo,
Little Turk or Japanee, … -
The Unseen Playmate
When children are playing alone on the green,
In comes the playmate that never was seen.
When children are happy and lonely and good, … -
My Shadow
I Have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
And what can be the use of him is more than I can see,
He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head; … -
Heather Ale: A Galloway Legend
From the bonny bells of heather
They brewed a drink long-syne,
Was sweeter far than honey, … -
A Good Play
We built a ship upon the stairs
All made of the back-bedroom chairs,
And filled it full of sofa pillows …
All poems (17)
- A Good PlayWe built a ship upon the stairs
- Christmas at SeaThe sheets were frozen hard, and they cut the naked hand;
- Foreign ChildrenLittle Indian, Sioux or Crow,
- Foreign LandsUp into the cherry tree
- Heather Ale: A Galloway LegendFrom the bonny bells of heather
- In Memoriam F. A. S.Yet, O stricken heart, remember, O remember
- In the HighlandsIn the highlands, in the country places,
- In the SeasonIt is the season now to go
- My ShadowI Have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
- RequiemUnder the wide and starry sky
- RomanceI WILL make you brooches and toys for your delight
- The House BeautifulA Naked house, a naked moor,
- The Land of CounterpaneWhen I was sick and lay a-bed,
- The Land of Story-booksAt evening when the lamp is lit,
- The Unseen PlaymateWhen children are playing alone on the green,
- The WindI Saw you toss the kites on high
- To F.J.S.I read, dear friend, in your dear face
