Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894, Smith, Jessie Willcox, 1863-1935, illus · New York, Scribner · leaf 140
This one is sailing and that one is moored:Hark to the song of the sailors on board!And see, on the steps of my palace, the kingsComing and going with presents and things! Now I have done with it, down let it go!All in a moment the town is laid low.Block upon block lying scattered and free,What is… … VII THE LAND OF STORY-BOOKS A T evening when the lamp is lit,Around the fire my parents sit;They sit at home and talk and sing,And do not play at anything. Now, with my little gun, I crawlAll in the dark along the wall,And follow round the forest trackAway behind the sofa back. There, in the night,…
Children's poetry, English · Poetry
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