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New Poems, and Variant Readings

by Robert Louis Stevenson from 1896

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Stevenson's posthumously published poetry, including poems written in his final years in Samoa and never prepared for publication, shows the lyric poet he was becoming alongside the novelist the world knew. The variant readings offer insight into his compositional process. As a collection, this is primarily for Stevenson enthusiasts; individual poems reward group reading for their personal directness.

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New Poems, and Variant Readings

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20.2k
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12
Duration
~2 hr 31 min

122 sections

20.2k words
#TitleWords
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PREFACE
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CONTENTS
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PRAYER
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LO! IN THINE HONEST EYES I READ
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THOUGH DEEP INDIFFERENCE SHOULD DROWSE
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MY HEART, WHEN FIRST THE BLACK-BIRD SINGS
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II.
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III.
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IV.
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DEDICATION
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THE OLD CHIMÆRAS, OLD RECEIPTS
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PRELUDE
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THE VANQUISHED KNIGHT
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TO THE COMMISSIONERS OF NORTHERN LIGHTS
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ABOUT THE SHELTERED GARDEN GROUND
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I KNOW NOT HOW, BUT AS I COUNT
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SPRING SONG
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THE SUMMER SUN SHONE ROUND ME
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YOU LOOKED SO TEMPTING IN THE PEW
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DUDDINGSTONE
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STOUT MARCHES LEAD TO CERTAIN ENDS
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AWAY WITH FUNERAL MUSIC
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TO SYDNEY
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HAD I THE POWER THAT HAVE THE WILL
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O DULL COLD NORTHERN SKY
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APOLOGETIC POSTSCRIPT OF A YEAR LATER
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TO MARCUS
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TO OTTILIE
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THIS GLOOMY NORTHERN DAY
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THE WIND IS WITHOUT THERE AND HOWLS IN THE TREES
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HAIL! CHILDISH SLAVES OF SOCIAL RULES
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SWALLOWS TRAVEL TO AND FRO
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TO MESDAMES ZASSETSKY AND GARSCHINE
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TO MADAME GARSCHINE
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FEAR NOT, DEAR FRIEND, BUT FREELY LIVE YOUR DAYS
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LET LOVE GO, IF GO SHE WILL
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I DO NOT FEAR TO OWN ME KIN
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I AM LIKE ONE THAT FOR LONG DAYS HAD SATE
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VOLUNTARY
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ON NOW, ALTHOUGH THE YEAR BE DONE
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IN THE GREEN AND GALLANT SPRING
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DEATH, TO THE DEAD FOR EVERMORE
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TO CHARLES BAXTER
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I WHO ALL THE WINTER THROUGH
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SOON OUR FRIENDS PERISH
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AS ONE WHO HAVING WANDERED ALL NIGHT LONG
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STRANGE ARE THE WAYS OF MEN
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THE WIND BLEW SHRILL AND SMART
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MAN SAILS THE DEEP AWHILE
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NOW WHEN THE NUMBER OF MY YEARS
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WHAT MAN MAY LEARN, WHAT MAN MAY DO
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SMALL IS THE TRUST WHEN LOVE IS GREEN
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KNOW YOU THE RIVER NEAR TO GREZ
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AN ENGLISH BREEZE
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AS IN THEIR FLIGHT THE BIRDS OF SONG
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THE PIPER
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TO MRS. MACMARLAND
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TO MISS CORNISH
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TALES OF ARABIA
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BEHOLD, AS GOBLINS DARK OF MIEN
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STILL I LOVE TO RHYME
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LONG TIME I LAY IN LITTLE EASE
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FLOWER GOD, GOD OF THE SPRING
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COME, MY BELOVED, HEAR FROM ME
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SINCE YEARS AGO FOR EVERMORE
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HAIL, GUEST, AND ENTER FREELY!
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LO, NOW, MY GUEST
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SO LIVE, SO LOVE, SO USE THAT FRAGILE HOUR
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AD SE IPSUM
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BEFORE THIS LITTLE GIFT WAS COME
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MY LOVE WAS WARM
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FAREWELL
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THE FAR-FARERS
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COME, MY LITTLE CHILDREN, HERE ARE SONGS FOR YOU
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HOME FROM THE DAISIED MEADOWS
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EARLY IN THE MORNING I HEAR ON YOUR PIANO
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FAIR ISLE AT SEA
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LOUD AND LOW IN THE CHIMNEY
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I LOVE TO BE WARM BY THE RED FIRESIDE
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AT LAST SHE COMES
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MINE EYES WERE SWIFT TO KNOW THEE
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FIXED IS THE DOOM
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THE ANGLER ROSE, HE TOOK HIS ROD
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SPRING CAROL
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WHEN THE SUN COMES AFTER RAIN
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LATE, O MILLER
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TO FRIENDS AT HOME
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I, WHOM APOLLO SOMETIME VISITED
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TEMPEST TOSSED AND SORE AFFLICTED
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VARIANT FORM OF THE PRECEDING POEM
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I NOW, O FRIEND, WHOM NOISELESSLY THE SNOWS
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SINCE THOU HAST GIVEN ME THIS GOOD HOPE, O GOD
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GOD GAVE TO ME A CHILD IN PART
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OVER THE LAND IS APRIL
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LIGHT AS THE LINNET ON MY WAY I START
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COME, HERE IS ADIEU TO THE CITY
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IT BLOWS A SNOWING GALE
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NE SIT ANCILLÆ TIBI AMOR PUDOR
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TO ALL THAT LOVE THE FAR AND BLUE
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TO ROSABELLE
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THE BOUR-TREE DEN
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II.
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III.
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IV.
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VI.
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VII.
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VIII.
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EPITAPHIUM EROTII
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DE M. ANTONIO
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AD NEPOTEM
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IN CHARIDEMUM
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DE LIGURRA
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IN LUPUM
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AD QUINTILIANUM
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DE HORTIS JULII MARTIALIS
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AD MARTIALEM
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IN MAXIMUM
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AD OLUM
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DE CŒNATIONE MICÆ
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DE EROTIO PUELLA
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AD PISCATOREM
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