New Poems, and Variant Readings

by Robert Louis Stevenson

Chapters (132)

New Poems AND VARIANT READINGS: PREFACE 0:00
PRAYER 1:02
LO! IN THINE HONEST EYES I READ 1:43
THOUGH DEEP INDIFFERENCE SHOULD DROWSE 2:08
MY HEART, WHEN FIRST THE BLACK-BIRD SINGS 2:51
I DREAMED OF FOREST ALLEYS FAIR 3:22
ST. MARTIN’S SUMMER 5:09
DEDICATION 5:49
THE OLD CHIMÆRAS, OLD RECEIPTS 6:28
PRELUDE 7:47
THE VANQUISHED KNIGHT 8:28
TO THE COMMISSIONERS OF NORTHERN LIGHTS 8:56
THE RELIC TAKEN, WHAT AVAILS THE SHRINE? 9:56
ABOUT THE SHELTERED GARDEN GROUND 10:43
AFTER READING “ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA” 11:22
I KNOW NOT HOW, BUT AS I COUNT 11:51
SPRING SONG 12:04
THE SUMMER SUN SHONE ROUND ME 12:34
YOU LOOKED SO TEMPTING IN THE PEW 13:03
LOVE’S VICISSITUDES 13:32
DUDDINGSTONE 14:09
STOUT MARCHES LEAD TO CERTAIN ENDS 15:11
AWAY WITH FUNERAL MUSIC 15:55
TO SYDNEY 16:08
HAD I THE POWER THAT HAVE THE WILL 17:53
O DULL COLD NORTHERN SKY 18:36
APOLOGETIC POSTSCRIPT OF A YEAR LATER 19:32
TO MARCUS 20:08
TO OTTILIE 21:09
THIS GLOOMY NORTHERN DAY 21:30
THE WIND IS WITHOUT THERE AND HOWLS IN THE TREES 22:34
A VALENTINE’S SONG 24:01
HAIL! CHILDISH SLAVES OF SOCIAL RULES 26:39
SWALLOWS TRAVEL TO AND FRO 28:52
TO MESDAMES ZASSETSKY AND GARSCHINE 29:45
TO MADAME GARSCHINE 30:49
MUSIC AT THE VILLA MARINA 31:05
FEAR NOT, DEAR FRIEND, BUT FREELY LIVE YOUR DAYS 32:26
LET LOVE GO, IF GO SHE WILL 33:10
I DO NOT FEAR TO OWN ME KIN 34:14
I AM LIKE ONE THAT FOR LONG DAYS HAD SATE 35:28
VOLUNTARY 36:52
ON NOW, ALTHOUGH THE YEAR BE DONE 37:54
IN THE GREEN AND GALLANT SPRING 38:11
DEATH, TO THE DEAD FOR EVERMORE 38:33
TO CHARLES BAXTER 39:40
I WHO ALL THE WINTER THROUGH 42:30
LOVE, WHAT IS LOVE? 43:05
SOON OUR FRIENDS PERISH 43:25
AS ONE WHO HAVING WANDERED ALL NIGHT LONG 43:41
STRANGE ARE THE WAYS OF MEN 44:50
THE WIND BLEW SHRILL AND SMART 45:45
MAN SAILS THE DEEP AWHILE 46:26
THE COCK’S CLEAR VOICE INTO THE CLEARER AIR 47:34
NOW WHEN THE NUMBER OF MY YEARS 48:20
WHAT MAN MAY LEARN, WHAT MAN MAY DO 49:14
SMALL IS THE TRUST WHEN LOVE IS GREEN 49:59
KNOW YOU THE RIVER NEAR TO GREZ 50:54
IT’S FORTH ACROSS THE ROARING FOAM 51:40
AN ENGLISH BREEZE 52:41
AS IN THEIR FLIGHT THE BIRDS OF SONG 53:24
THE PIPER 54:37
TO MRS. MACMARLAND 55:31
TO MISS CORNISH 56:46
TALES OF ARABIA 57:40
BEHOLD, AS GOBLINS DARK OF MIEN 58:42
STILL I LOVE TO RHYME 59:42
LONG TIME I LAY IN LITTLE EASE 1:00:33
FLOWER GOD, GOD OF THE SPRING 1:01:27
COME, MY BELOVED, HEAR FROM ME 1:02:22
SINCE YEARS AGO FOR EVERMORE 1:03:36
ENVOY FOR “A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES” 1:04:06
FOR RICHMOND’S GARDEN WALL 1:05:36
HAIL, GUEST, AND ENTER FREELY! 1:06:03
LO, NOW, MY GUEST 1:06:19
SO LIVE, SO LOVE, SO USE THAT FRAGILE HOUR 1:06:40
AD SE IPSUM 1:06:59
BEFORE THIS LITTLE GIFT WAS COME 1:07:22
GO, LITTLE BOOK—THE ANCIENT PHRASE 1:07:46
MY LOVE WAS WARM 1:09:07
DEDICATORY POEM FOR “UNDERWOODS” 1:09:27
FAREWELL 1:10:36
THE FAR-FARERS 1:11:02
COME, MY LITTLE CHILDREN, HERE ARE SONGS FOR YOU 1:11:21
HOME FROM THE DAISIED MEADOWS 1:11:54
EARLY IN THE MORNING I HEAR ON YOUR PIANO 1:12:31
FAIR ISLE AT SEA 1:12:48
LOUD AND LOW IN THE CHIMNEY 1:13:03
I LOVE TO BE WARM BY THE RED FIRESIDE 1:13:37
AT LAST SHE COMES 1:13:51
MINE EYES WERE SWIFT TO KNOW THEE 1:14:05
FIXED IS THE DOOM 1:14:43
MEN ARE HEAVEN’S PIERS 1:15:48
THE ANGLER ROSE, HE TOOK HIS ROD 1:17:02
SPRING CAROL 1:17:18
TO WHAT SHALL I COMPARE HER? 1:18:14
WHEN THE SUN COMES AFTER RAIN 1:18:44
LATE, O MILLER 1:19:18
TO FRIENDS AT HOME 1:19:35
I, WHOM APOLLO SOMETIME VISITED 1:19:55
TEMPEST TOSSED AND SORE AFFLICTED 1:20:17
VARIANT FORM OF THE PRECEDING POEM 1:20:57
I NOW, O FRIEND, WHOM NOISELESSLY THE SNOWS 1:21:30
SINCE THOU HAST GIVEN ME THIS GOOD HOPE, O GOD 1:24:52
GOD GAVE TO ME A CHILD IN PART 1:25:38
OVER THE LAND IS APRIL 1:26:24
LIGHT AS THE LINNET ON MY WAY I START 1:27:03
COME, HERE IS ADIEU TO THE CITY 1:27:22
IT BLOWS A SNOWING GALE 1:27:59
NE SIT ANCILLÆ TIBI AMOR PUDOR 1:28:19
TO ALL THAT LOVE THE FAR AND BLUE 1:29:12
THOU STRAINEST THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN FERN 1:30:09
TO ROSABELLE 1:30:39
NOW BARE TO THE BEHOLDER’S EYE 1:32:19
THE BOUR-TREE DEN 1:33:29
SONNETS 1:37:20
AIR OF DIABELLI’S 1:46:50
EPITAPHIUM EROTII 1:51:02
DE M. ANTONIO 1:51:25
AD MAGISTRUM LUDI 1:51:49
AD NEPOTEM 1:52:13
IN CHARIDEMUM 1:53:09
DE LIGURRA 1:53:51
IN LUPUM 1:54:21
AD QUINTILIANUM 1:55:24
DE HORTIS JULII MARTIALIS 1:55:57
AD MARTIALEM 1:57:21
IN MAXIMUM 1:57:59
AD OLUM 1:58:30
DE CŒNATIONE MICÆ 1:59:04
DE EROTIO PUELLA 1:59:19
AD PISCATOREM 1:59:59

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Narrator: Arthur — English RP Narrator (en-GB)
Length: 2 hr 1 min
Language: English
Added: October 24, 2026
Source ebook: Project Gutenberg
License: Public domain

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