 | Leslie Cope Cornford - 1899 - 218 pages
...Child's Garden of Verses. world is calling and calling — here is a thing to dash the stoutest courage ! And does it not seem hard to you, When all the sky...like so much to play, To have to go to bed by day ? But he makes the best of it — And sometimes for an hour or so I watched my leaden soldiers go,... | |
 | Leslie Cope Cornford - 1899 - 216 pages
...Child's Garden of Verses. world is calling and calling—here is a thing to dash the stoutest courage! And does it not seem hard to you, When all the sky...like so much to play, To have to go to bed by day ? But he makes the best of it— And sometimes for an hour or so I watched my leaden soldiers go, With... | |
 | Etta Blaisdell McDonald, Mary Frances Blaisdell - Readers - 1899 - 170 pages
...birds still hopping on the tree, Or hear the grown-up people's feet Still going past me in the street. And does it not seem hard to you, When all the sky...like so much to play, To have to go to bed by day? ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Robert Louis Stevenson wrote many poems for children. You will find three of... | |
 | Poetry - 1896 - 104 pages
...birds still hopping on the tree, Or hear the grown-up people's feet Still going past me in the street. And does it not seem hard to you, When all the sky...like so much to play, To have to go to bed by day ? THE WOLF AND THE DOG. A LEAN, hungry wolf and a plump, well-fed watch-dog chanced to meet one night... | |
 | Oscar Israel Woodley, Myra Soper Woodley - English language - 1901 - 260 pages
...candle-light; In summer, quite the other way, I have to go to bed by day. And does it not seem strange to you, "When all the sky is clear and blue, And I...like so much to play, To have to go to bed by day? — STEVEN-SOX.* In this little poem Mr. Stevenson represents a child as talking. What word does the... | |
 | John G. Thompson, Thomas E. Thompson - 1902 - 228 pages
...birds still hopping on the tree, Or hear the grown-up people's feet Still going past me in the street. And does it not seem hard to you, When all the sky...like so much to play, To have to go to bed by day ? AT THE SEA-SIDE. When I was down beside the sea A wooden spade they gave to me To dig the sandy shore.... | |
 | Readers - 1902 - 140 pages
...EEAIER BY LILLIAN H. PICKEN CRANE & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS TOPEKA, KANSAS 588432 r» It is very nice*4o think The world is full of meat and drink, With little...children saying grace In every Christian kind of place. ROBEBT Louis STEVENSON Copyrighted by CRANE & COMPANY, Topeka, Kansas 1902 PREFACE. THE lessons in... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, George Henry Warner - Literature - 1902 - 578 pages
...birds still hopping on the tree, Or hear the grown-up people's feet Still going past me in the street. And does it not seem hard to you, When all the sky is clear and bine... And I should like so much to play. To have to go to bed by day ? TRAVEL From < Poems and Ballads.'... | |
 | S. D. Waterman, J. W. McClymonds, C. C. Hughes - Children's poetry - 1903 - 200 pages
...day. I have to go to bed and see Or hear the grown-up people's feet Still going past me in the street. And does it not seem hard to you. When all the sky...like so much to play, To have to go to bed by day ? — Robert Louis Stevenson. THREE COMPANIONS. We go on our walk together — Baby and dog and I —... | |
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IN winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer, quite the other way, I have to go to bed by day. I have to go to bed and see The birds still hopping on the tree, Or hear the grown-up people's feet Still going past me in the street.... 
