A Child's Garden of Verses

by WILL JAMES _Illustrated by the author_ SMOKY by WILL JAMES _Illustrated by the author_ WESTWARD HO! by CHARLES KINGSLEY _Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth_ THE BOY'S KING ARTHUR by SIDNEY LANIER _Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth_ THE SCOTTISH CHIEFS by JANE PORTER _Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth_ THE YEARLING by MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS _Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth_ QUENTIN DURWARD by SIR WALTER SCOTT _Illustrated by C. B. Chambers_ THE CHILDREN'S BIBLE by HENRY SHERMAN AND CHARLES KENT _Illustrated by various artists_ HEIDI by JOHANNA SPYRI _Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith_ A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON _Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith_ THE BLACK ARROW by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON _Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth_ DAVID BALFOUR by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON _Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth_ KIDNAPPED by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON _Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth_ TREASURE ISLAND by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON _Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth_ THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND by JULES VERNE _Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth_ TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA by JULES VERNE _Illustrated by W. J. Aylward_ Transcriber's note These last verses of HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS as found in some other editions of this book were not printed in this edition. They don't appear to be missing scans, as the page numbering remains sequential. There, then, awhile in chains we lay, In wintry dungeons, far from day; But ris'n at length, with might and main, Our iron fetters burst in twain. Then all the horns were blown in town; And to the ramparts clanging down, All the giants leaped to horse And charged behind us through the gorse. On we rode, the others and I, Over the mountains blue, and by The Silver River, the sounding sea, And the robber woods of Tartary. A thousand miles we galloped fast, And down the witches' lane we passed, And rode amain, with brandished sword, Up to the middle, through the ford. Last we drew rein--a weary three-- Upon the lawn, in time for tea, And from our steeds alighted down Before the gates of Babylon.