Underwoods (Book 1)

by Robert Louis Stevenson

39 chapters1h 7mEnglish1898

About this book

Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist and poet best known for his children's adventure stories. Born in Edinburgh he travelled extensively during his lifetime before settling on the island of Samoa where he died. Underwoods was Stevenson's second book of poetry published in 1887. It contains 38 English language poems (Book 1) which are recorded here and also 16 Scottish dialect poems (Book 2) which are not included in this recording. - Summary by Alan Mapstone Bruce Kachuk helped with proof-listening.

Chapters (38)

1Envoy

42

2A Song of the Road

129

3The Canoe Speaks

152

4It is the season

92

5The House Beautiful

109

6A Visit from the Sea

65

7To a Gardener

110

8To Minnie

54

9To K. de M.

86

10To N.V. de G.S.

99

11To Will. H. Low

102

12To Mrs. Will. H. Low

94

13To H. F. Brown

150

14To Andrew Lang

109

15Et tu in Arcadia vixisti

399

16To W. E. Henley

137

17Henry James

91

18The Mirror Speaks

107

19Katharine

44

20To F. J. S.

63

21Requiem

45

22The Celestial Surgeon

57

23Our Lady of the Snows

311

24Not yet, my soul

155

25It is not yours, O Mother, to complain

141

26The Sick Child

96

27In Memoriam F. A. S.

98

28To my Father

162

29In the States

74

30A Portrait

78

31Sing clearlier, Muse

43

32A Camp

44

33The Country of the Camisards

44

34Skerryvore

43

35Skerryvore: the Parallel

62

36My house, I say

63

37My body which my dungeon is

157

38Say not of me that weakly I declined

67

Underwoods (Book 1)

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