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  Songs of Travel and Other Verses
  by Robert Louis Stevenson
  CONTENTS
  I。       THE VAGABOND … Give to me the life I love
  II。      YOUTH AND LOVE: I。 … Once only by the garden gate
  III。     YOUTH AND LOVE: II。 … To the heart of youth the world is
  a highwayside
  IV。      In dreams; unhappy; I behold you stand
  V。       She rested by the Broken Brook
  VI。      The infinite shining heavens
  VII。     Plain as the glistering planets shine
  VIII。    To you; let snows and roses
  IX。      Let Beauty awake in the morn from beautiful dreams
  X。       I know not how it is with you
  XI。      I will make you brooches and toys for your delight
  XII。     WE HAVE LOVED OF YORE … Berried brake and reedy island
  XIII。    MATTER TRIUMPHANS … Son of my woman's body; you go; to
  the drum and fife
  XIV。     Bright is the ring of words
  XV。      In the highlands; in the country places
  XVI。     Home no more home to me; wither must I wander?
  XVII。    WINTER … In rigorous hours; when down the iron lane
  XVIII。   The stormy evening closes now in vain
  XIX。     TO DR。 HAKE … In the beloved hour that ushers day
  XX。      TO … I knew thee strong and quiet like the hills
  XXI。     The morning drum…call on my eager ear
  XXII。    I have trod the upward and downward slope
  XXIII。   He hears with gladdened heart the thunder
  XXIV。    Farewell; fair day and fading light!
  XXV。     IF THIS WERE FAITH … God; if this were enough
  XXVI。    MY WIFE … Trusty; dusky; vivid; true
  XXVII。   TO THE MUSE … Resign the rhapsody; the dream
  XXVIII。  TO AN ISLAND PRINCESS … Since long ago; a child at home
  XXIX。    TO KALAKAUA … The Sliver Ship; my King … that was her name
  XXX。     TO PRINCESS KAIULANI … Forth form her land to mine she goes
  XXXI。    TO MOTHER MARYANNE … To see the infinite pity of this place
  XXXII。   IN MEMORIAM E。 H。 … I knew a silver head was bright beyond compare
  XXXIII。  TO MY WIFE … Long must elapse ere you behold again
  XXXIV。   TO MY OLD FAMILIARS … Do you remember … can we e'er forget?
  XXXV。    The tropics vanish; and meseems that I
  XXXVI。   TO S。 C。 … I heard the pulse of the besieging sea
  XXXVII。  THE HOUSE OF TEMBINOKA … Let us; who part like brothers; part
  like bards
  XXXVIII。 THE WOODMAN … In all the grove; not stream nor bird
  XXXIX。   TROPIC RAIN … As the single pang of the blow; when the metal is
  mingled well
  XL。      AN END OF TRAVEL … Let now your soul in this substantial world
  XLI。     We uncommiserate pass into the night
  XLII。    Sing me a song of a lad that is gone
  XLIII。   TO S。 R。 CROCKETT … Blows the wind to…day; and the sun and rain
  are flying
  XLIV。    EVENSONG … The embers of the day are red
  I … THE VAGABOND (To an air of Schubert)
  GIVE to me the life I love;
  Let the lave go by me;
  Give the jolly heaven above
  And the byway nigh me。
  Bed in the bush with stars to see;
  Bread I dip in the river …
  There's the life for a man like me;
  There's the life for ever。
  Let the blow fall soon or late;
  Let what will be o'er me;
  Give the face of earth around
  And the road before me。
  Wealth I seek not; hope nor love;
  Nor a friend to know me;
  All I seek; the heaven above
  And the road below me。
  Or let autumn fall on me
  Where afield I linger;
  Silencing the bird on tree;
  Biting the blue finger。
  White as meal the frosty field …
  Warm the fireside haven …
  Not to autumn will I yield;
  Not to winter even!
  Let the blow fall soon or late;
  Let what will be o'er me;
  Give the face of earth around;
  And the road before me。
  Wealth I ask not; hope nor love;
  Nor a friend to know me;
  All I ask; the heaven above
  And the road below me。
  II … YOUTH AND LOVE … I
  ONCE only by the garden gate
  Our lips we joined and parted。
  I must fulfil an empty fate
  And travel the uncharted。
  Hail and farewell!  I must arise;
  Leave here the fatted cattle;
  And paint on foreign lands and skies
  My Odyssey of battle。
  The untented Kosmos my abode;
  I pass; a wilful stranger:
  My mistress still the open road
  And the bright eyes of danger。
  Come ill or well; the cross; the crown;
  The rainbow or the thunder;
  I fling my soul and body down
  For God to plough them under。
  III … YOUTH AND LOVE … II
  To the heart of youth the world is a highwayside。
  Passing for ever; he fares; and on either hand;
  Deep in the gardens golden pavilions hide;
  Nestle in orchard bloom; and far on the level land
  Call him with lighted lamp in the eventide。
  Thick as the stars at night when the moon is down;
  Pleasures assail him。  He to his nobler fate
  Fares; and but waves a hand as he passes on;
  Cries but a wayside word to her at the garden gate;
  Sings but a boyish stave and his face is gone。
  IV
  IN dreams; unhappy; I behold you stand
  As heretofore:
  The unremembered tokens in your hand
  Avail no more。
  No more the morning glow; no more the grace;
  Enshrines; endears。
  Cold beats the light of time upon your face
  And shows your tears。
  He came and went。  Perchance you wept a while
  And then forgot。
  Ah me! but he that left you with a smile
  Forgets you not。
  V
  SHE rested by the Broken Brook;
  She drank of Weary Well;
  She moved beyond my lingering look;
  Ah; whither none can tell!
  She came; she went。  In other lands;
  Perchance in fairer skies;
  Her hands shall cling with other hands;
  Her eyes to other eyes。
  She vanished。  In the sounding town;
  Will she remember too?
  Will she recall the eyes of brown
  As I recall the blue?
  VI
  THE infinite shining heavens
  Rose and I saw in the night
  Uncountable angel stars
  Showering sorrow and light。
  I saw them distant as heaven;
  Dumb and shining and dead;
  And the idle stars of the night
  Were dearer to me than bread。
  Night after night in my sorrow
  The stars stood over the sea;
  Till lo!  I looked in the dusk
  And a star had come down to me。
  VII
  PLAIN as the glistering planets shine
  When winds have cleaned the skies;
  Her love appeared; appealed for mine;
  And wantoned in her eyes。
  Clear as the shining tapers burned
  On Cytherea's shrine;
  Those brimming; lustrous beauties turned;
  And called and conquered mine。
  The beacon…lamp that Hero lit
  No fairer shone on sea;
  No plainlier summoned will and wit;
  Than hers encouraged me。
  I thrilled to feel her influence near;
  I struck my flag at sight。
  Her starry silence smote my ear
  Like sudden drums at night。
  I ran as; at the cannon's roar;
  The troops the ramparts man …
  As in the holy house of yore
  The willing Eli ran。
  Here; lady; lo! that servant stands
  You picked from passing men;
  And should you need nor heart nor hands
  He bows and goes again。
  VIII
  TO you; let snow and roses
  And golden locks belong。
  These are the world's enslavers;
  Let these delight the throng。
  For her of duskier lustre
  Whose favour still I wear;
  The snow be in her kirtle;
  The rose be in her hair!
  The hue of highland rivers
  Careering; full and cool;
  From sable on to golden;
  From rapid on to pool …
  The hue of heather…honey;
  The hue of honey…bees;
  Shall tinge her golden shoulder;
  Shall gild her tawny knees。
  IX
  LET Beauty awake in the morn from beautiful dreams;
  Beauty awake from rest!
  Let Beauty awake
  For Beauty's sake
  In the hour when the birds awake in the brake
  And the stars are bright in the west!
  Let Beauty awake in the eve from the slumber of day;
  Awake in the crimson eve!
  In the day's dusk end
  When the shades ascend;
  Let her wake to the kiss of a tender friend
  To render again and receive!
  X
  I KNOW not how it is with you …
  I love the first and last;
  The whole field of the present view;
  The whole flow of the past。
  One tittle of the things that are;
  Nor you should change nor I …
  One pebble in our path … one star
  In all our heaven of sky。
  Our lives; and every day and hour;
  One symphony appear:
  One road; one garden … every flower
  And every bramble dear。
  XI
  I WILL make you brooches and toys for your delight
  Of bird…song at morning and star…shine at night。
  I will make a palace fit for you and me
  Of green days in forests and blue days at sea。
  I will make my kitchen; and you shall keep your room;
  Where white flows the river and bright blows the broom;
  And you shall wash your linen and keep your body white
  In rainfall at morning and dewfall at night。
  And this shall be for music when no one else is near;
  The fine song for singing; the rare song to hear!
  That only I remember; that only you admire;
  Of the broad road that stretches and the roadside fire。
  XII … WE HAVE LOVED OF YORE (To an air of Diabelli)
  BERRIED br