The world is so full of a number of things.
I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.
--"Happy Thought"
Robert Louis Stevenson established his reputation with novels such as "Treasure Island" and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," but his poems-especially A Child's Garden of Verses-achieved popularity too. Here gathered are works both early and late (including many published posthumously), including excerpts from "Underwoods, Ballads, Songs of Travel," and, of course, "A Child's Garden."