Robert Louis Stevenson: Selected Poems

The world is so full of a number of things.
I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.
–“Happy Thought”

Robert Louis Stevenson established his reputation with novels such as Treasure Island and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde , but his poems-especially A Child’s Garden of Verses-achieved popularity too. Here gathered are works both early and late (including many published posthumously), including excerpts from Underwoods, Ballads, Songs of Travel , and, of course, A Child’s Garden .