Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894, Smith, Jessie Willcox, 1863-1935, illus · New York, Scribner · leaf 142
ne can spy,All in my hunters camp I lie,And play at books that I have readTill it is time to go to bed. [83] These are the hills, these are the woods,These are my starry solitudes;And there the river by whose brinkThe roaring lions come to drink. I see the others far awayAs if in firelit camp they… … VIIIARMIES IN THE FIRE THE lamps now glitter down the street;Faintly sound the falling feet;And the blue even slowly fallsAbout the garden trees and walls. Now in the falling of the gloomThe red fire paints the empty room:And warmly on the roof it looks,And flickers on the backs of books. [85]…
Children's poetry, English · Poetry
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