《POEMS BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON》

UNDERWOODS1

BooK Ⅰ.—IN ENGLISH9

Ⅰ. ENVOY—Go little book11

Ⅱ. A SONG oF THE ROAD—The gauger walked11

Ⅲ. THE CANOE SPEAKs—On the great streams12

Ⅳ. It is the season14

Ⅴ. THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL—A naked house a naked moor15

Ⅵ. AVISIT FROM THE SEA—Far from the loud sea beaches16

Ⅶ. To A GARDENER—Friend in my mountainside demesne17

Ⅷ. To MINNIE—A picture-frame for you to fill18

Ⅸ. To K. DE M.—A lover of the moorland bare18

Ⅹ. To N. V. DE G. S.—The unfathomable sea19

ⅩⅠ.To WILL. H. Low—Youth now flees20

ⅩⅡ. To MRS. WILL. H. Low—Even in the bluest noonday of July21

ⅩⅢ. To H. F. BROWN—I sit and wait22

ⅩⅣ. To ANDREW LANG—Dear Andrew23

ⅩⅤ. ET TU IN ARCADIA VIXISTI—In ancient tales O friend24

ⅩⅥ. To W. E. HENLEY—The year runs through her phases27

ⅩⅦ.HENRY JAMES—Who comes to night?28

ⅩⅧ. THE MIRROR SPEAKS—Where the bells29

ⅩⅨ. KATHARINE—We see you as we see a face30

ⅩⅩ. To F. J. S. —I read, dear friend30

ⅩⅩⅠ. REQUIEM—Under the wide and starry sky31

ⅩⅩⅡ. THE CELESTIAL SURGEON—If I have faltered31

ⅩⅩⅢ. OUR LADY OF THE SNOWS—Out of the sun32

ⅩⅩⅣ. Not yet, my soul34

ⅩⅩⅤ. It is not yours, O mother, to complain35

ⅩⅩⅥ. THE SICK CHILD—O mother, lay your hand on my brow37

ⅩⅩⅦ. IN MEMORIAM F. A. S.—Yet, O stricken heart38

ⅩⅩⅧ. To MY FATHER—Peace and her huge invasion38

ⅩⅩⅨ. IN THE STATES—With half a heart39

ⅩⅩⅩ.A PORTRAIT—I am a kind of farthing dip40

ⅩⅩⅩⅠ. Sing clearlier, Muse41

ⅩⅩⅩⅡ. A CAMP—The bed was made41

ⅩⅩⅩⅢ. THE COUNTRY OF THE CAMISARDS—We travelled in the print of olden wars41

ⅩⅩⅩⅣ. SKERRYVORE—For love of lovely words42

ⅩⅩⅩⅤ. SKERRYVORE : THE PARALLEL—Here all is sunny42

ⅩⅩⅩⅥ. My house, I say43

ⅩⅩⅩⅦ. My body which my dungeon is43

ⅩⅩⅩⅧ. Say not of me that weakly I declined44

BOOK Ⅱ.—IN SCOTS45

Ⅰ.THE MAKER TO POSTERITY—Far ’yont amang the years to be47

Ⅱ. ILLE TERRARUM—Frae nirly, nippin’, Eas’lan’ breeze49

Ⅲ. When aince Aprile has fairly come51

Ⅳ. A MILE AN’ A BITTocK52

Ⅴ. A LOWDEN SABBATH MORN—The clinkum-clank o’Sabbath bells53

Ⅵ. THE SPAEWIFE—O, I wad like to ken58

Ⅶ. THE BLAST—1875—It’s rainin’. Weet’s the gairdensod59

Ⅷ. THE COUNTERBLAST—1886—My bonny man, the warld, it’s true61

ⅠⅩ. THE COUNTERBLAST IRONICAL—It’S strange that God should fash to frame63

Ⅹ. THEIR LAUREATE TO AN ACADEMY CLASS DINNERCLUB—Dear Thamson class, whaure’er I gang64

ⅩⅠ. EMBRO HIE KIRK—The Lord Himsel’ in former days67

ⅩⅡ. THE SCOTSMAN’S RETURN FROM ABROAD—In monya foreign pairt I’ve been69

ⅩⅢ. Late in the nicht73

ⅩⅣ. MY CONSCIENCE!—Of a’ the ills that flesh can fear75

ⅩⅤ. To DOCTOR JOHN BROWN—By Lyne and Tyne, byThames and Tees77

ⅩⅥ. It’s an owercome sooth for age an’ youth79

BALLADS81

THE SONG OF RAHERO: A LEGEND oF TAHITI—DEDICATION: TO ORI A ORI83

Ⅰ. THE SLAYING OF TAMATEA83

Ⅱ. THE VENGING OF TAMATEA94

Ⅲ. RAHERO107

NOTES TO THE SONG OF RAHEERO116

THE FEAST OF FAMINE:MARQUESAN MANNERS-Ⅰ. THE PRIEST’S VIGIL123

Ⅱ. THE LOVERS127

Ⅲ. THE FEAST129

Ⅳ. THE RAID136

NOTES TO THE FEAST OF FAMINE141

TICONDEROGA: A LEGEND OF THE WEST HIGHLANDS—TICONDEROGA143

Ⅰ. THE SAYING OF THE NAME143

Ⅱ. THE SEEKING OF THE NAME148

Ⅲ. THE PLACE OF THE NAME150

NOTES TO TICONDEROGA152

HEATHER ALE: A GALLOWAY LEGEND—HEATHER ALE153

NOTE TO HEATHER ALE156

CHRISTMAS AT SEA—CHRISTMAS AT SEA157

SONGS OF TRAVEL161

Ⅰ. THE VAGABOND—Give to me the life I love163

Ⅱ. YOUTH and LovE : Ⅰ.—Once only by the garden gate164

Ⅲ. YOUTHAND LOVE: Ⅱ.—To the heart of youth the world is a highwayside165

Ⅳ. In dreams, unhappy, I behold you stand165

Ⅴ. She rested by the Broken Brook165

Ⅵ. The infinite shining heavens166

Ⅶ. Plain as the glistering planets shine166

Ⅷ. To you, let snow and roses167

Ⅸ. Let Beauty awake in the morn from beautiful dreams168

Ⅹ. I know not how it is with you168

ⅩⅠ. I will make you brooches and toys for your delight169

ⅩⅡ. WE HAVE LOVED OF YORE—Berried brake and reedyisland170

ⅩⅢ. MATER TRIUMPHANS—Son of my woman’s body, you go, to the drum and fife171

ⅩⅣ. Bright is the ring of words171

ⅩⅤ. In the highlands, in the country places172

ⅩⅥ. Home no more home to me,whither must I wander?173

ⅩⅦ. WINTER—In rigorous hours, when down the iron lane174

ⅩⅧ. The stormy evening closes now in vain175

ⅩⅨ. To DR. HAKE—In the beloved hour that ushers day175

ⅩⅩ. To — I knew thee strong and quiet like the hills176

ⅩⅩⅠ. The morning drumcall on my eager ear177

ⅩⅩⅡ. I have trod the upward and the downward slope177

ⅩⅩⅢ. He hears with gladdened heart the thunder178

ⅩⅩⅣ. Farewell, fair day and fading light178

ⅩⅩⅤ. IF THIS WERE FAITH—God, if this were enough179

ⅩⅩⅥ. MY WIFE—Trusty, dusky, vivid, true180

ⅩⅩⅦ. TO THE MUsE—Resign the rhapsody, the dream181

ⅩⅩⅧ. To AN ISLAND PRINCEss—Since long ago, a child at home182

ⅩⅩⅨ. To KALAKAuA—The Silver Ship, my King—thatwas her name183

ⅩⅩⅩ. To PRINcEss KAIULANI—Forth from her land to mine she goes184

ⅩⅩⅩⅠ. To MOTHER MARYANNE—To see the infinite pity of this place185

ⅩⅩⅩⅡ. IN MEMORIAM E. H.—I knew a silver head wasbright beyond compare185

ⅩⅩⅩⅢ. To MY WIFE—Long must elapse ere you behold again186

ⅩⅩⅩⅣ. To MY OLD FAMILIARS—Do you remember—can we e’er forget?187

ⅩⅩⅩⅤ. The tropics vanish, and meseems that I189

ⅩⅩⅩⅥ. To S. C.—I heard the pulse of the besieging sea190

ⅩⅩⅩⅦ. THE HOUSE OF TEMBINOKA—Let us, who part like brothers, part like bards191

ⅩⅩⅩⅧ. THE WOODMAN—In all the grove, nor stream nor bird196

ⅩⅩⅩⅨ. TROPIc RAIN—As the single pang of the blow,when the metal is mingled well201

ⅩL. AN END OF TRAVEL-Let now your soul in this substantial world202

ⅩLI. We uncommiserate pass into the night202

ⅩLⅡ. Sing me a song of a lad that is gone203

ⅩLⅢ. To S. R. CROCKETT—Blows the wind to day, and the sun and the rain are flying204

ⅩLⅣ. EVENSONG—The embers of the day are red205