Songs of Travel and Other Verses
Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher :
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 47,13 MB
Release : 1896
Category : English poetry
ISBN :
Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher :
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 47,13 MB
Release : 1896
Category : English poetry
ISBN :
Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 46,11 MB
Release : 2023-01-18
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 8726931044
‘Songs of Travel, and Other Verses’ is a collection of forty-four poems written in the last years of the life of renowned author Robert L. Stevenson. It is a wonderful collection with a wide range from love ballads to more pensive deliberations on time, being and mortality. Many poems are nostalgic retrospectives on his native Scotland, while others are set in his new home of Samoa. The word ‘Travel’ encompasses not just the physical movement of oneself, but also the internal journey we all take in our own lives. It is a beautiful collection of poetry, perfect for fans of Rupi Kaur’s ‘Milk and Honey’. Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), was an author with a formidable legacy. You will be hard pressed to find anyone alive today who has not come across his work in one form or another. The brilliant mind behind ‘Treasure Island’ and the ‘Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’, has had a profound impact on every aspect of entertainment to this day with his brilliant creations. Despite dealing with ill health all his life he was a prolific traveller, spending his later years in Samoa where he fought vigorously for the rights of the natives, earning their love and respect. R.L Stevenson was a character in his own right, passionate and adventurous, his spirit shines through in his work, from his novels to his travel guides. You simply owe it to yourself to experience his creations, he was a true titan of literature on whose shoulders we all stand.
Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher : Cosimo Classics
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 42,40 MB
Release : 1879
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
On 23 September 1878 Stevenson set out from Le Monastier in the Haut Loire, to tramp through the wild region of the Cevennes. His only companion was a small donkey to carry basic necessities, and a commodious "sleeping sack". In the next 12 days, at a pace dictated by the donkey and carrying most of the supplies himself, he travelled 120 miles across rivers, mountains and forests. His stylish and witty account was published in 1879.
Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher : Cosimo Classics
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 30,22 MB
Release : 1887
Category : History
ISBN :
"Of all my verse, like not a single line; But like my title, for it is not mine." -Robert Louis Stevenson, Underwoods Underwoods (1887), by Robert Louis Stevenson, is a collection of original poetry that Stevenson wrote during one of the most prolific periods of his career. Like his more famous collection, A Child's Garden of Verses, it was inspired by the author's own childhood and is written in both English and his native Scots.
Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher :
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 36,35 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Great Britain
ISBN :
A new edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's poetry, including many previously unpublished pieces.
Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 34,14 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780140435481
The author of Treasure Island and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde reveals his more sensitive, vulnerable face in this collection of verse that ranges widely in style, from folk lyrics to conversational musings, celebrating love, friendship, and nostalgia, among other topics dear to the writer. Reprint.
Author : Jonathan Simons
Publisher :
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 46,10 MB
Release : 2014-10-23
Category :
ISBN : 9780692562338
A collection of poems.
Author : Heinrich Heine
Publisher :
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 16,28 MB
Release : 1871
Category :
ISBN :
Author : J.R.R. Tolkien
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 43,25 MB
Release : 2012-10-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0385752962
Bilbo’s Last Song is considered by many to be Tolkien’s epilogue to his classic work The Lord of the Rings. As Bilbo Baggins takes his final voyage to the Undying Lands, he must say goodbye to Middle-earth. Poignant and lyrical, the song is both a longing to set forth on his ultimate journey and a tender farewell to friends left behind. Pauline Baynes’s jewel-like illustrations lushly depict both this final voyage and scenes from The Hobbit, as Bilbo remembers his first journey while he prepares for his last.
Author : Simon Armitage
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 34,27 MB
Release : 2010-11-25
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0571261760
Simon Armitage once observed that there are two types of poems - those that try to work out the chemical equation for language, and those that tell stories and sings songs. These are very much the latter, a handful of lyrics and verses written over number of years, many being commissioned to celebrate or commemorate public events, others being part of larger projects in theatre, radio and television. Erotic, witty, flippant, poignant and always melodic, Travelling Songs is a kind of busker's handbook, the kind of work that might win a poet a decent meal when singing for his supper. Or as the author comments, 'Describing yourself as a poet is often seen as a challenge or even an alibi. In those circumstances, it's worth having a few tunes up your sleeve to prove it.'