Robert Louis Stevenson
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Cordelia-anne
of Decatur, Georgia USA on 3/18/2022
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Cordelia-anne of Decatur, Georgia USA on 3/18/2022 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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I love Robert Louis Stevenson. I found this collection of his poems in a box of what I could call shadow books a couple of weeks ago. Other artifacts in the box from my life 14 years ago reminded me of things and times I had forgotten. It was good to encounter this book. Stevenson's A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES charmed me early and I've been reading him ever since. The writer of MY SHADOW for children also wrote the psychological masterpiece DOCTOR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE, which features the idea of a shadow side of the personality. So it seems apt that I found this Stevenson book with what I call my shadow books. I am now redistributing them. This small collection holds a nice selection of Stevenson's poetry. I hope someone will enjoy it.
My Shadow
BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;
And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.
The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow—
Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;
For he sometimes shoots up taller like an india-rubber ball,
And he sometimes gets so little that there's none of him at all.
He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play,
And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way.
He stays so close beside me, he's a coward you can see;
I'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me!
One morning, very early, before the sun was up,
I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;
But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head,
Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed.
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My Shadow
BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;
And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.
The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow—
Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;
For he sometimes shoots up taller like an india-rubber ball,
And he sometimes gets so little that there's none of him at all.
He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play,
And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way.
He stays so close beside me, he's a coward you can see;
I'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me!
One morning, very early, before the sun was up,
I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;
But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head,
Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed.
Page 64
Journal Entry 2 by Cordelia-anne at Dancing Goats Coffee in Decatur, Georgia USA on Saturday, March 19, 2022
Cordelia-anne at Dancing Goats Coffee in Decatur, Georgia USA on Saturday, March 19, 2022
Released 2 yrs ago (3/20/2022 UTC) at Dancing Goats Coffee in Decatur, Georgia USA
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