. Stevenson's workshop . 1 r • ^?r^y^2 C ir. <l u) i~- pL*^ c (*J5s?c~ix- : / ^-^y* c^--^- m^» Ua<U Sou w A Iv-- I vi^t N 0 Hxa^j cvw^i/W\fU—-~A A,^^J ^ , dO-#- L*- 7 K| 7w. f*\-t*-\s^ c/.o^-w (r^N-A-t/s. cn^^cK J we know, it has never been printed else-where.— For laughing I very much vote, Yet was never opposed to the church; , So why do grave people agree To leave me alone in the lurch? From my birth1 a desirable youth, In amenity ever I shone,Yet no merry andrew was I To be carelessly flouted upon. High, angry and sour are the words With which I have ever been curst,And yet thoug
. Stevenson's workshop . 1 r • ^?r^y^2 C ir. <l u) i~- pL*^ c (*J5s?c~ix- : / ^-^y* c^--^- m^» Ua<U Sou w A Iv-- I vi^t N 0 Hxa^j cvw^i/W\fU—-~A A,^^J ^ , dO-#- L*- 7 K| 7w. f*\-t*-\s^ c/.o^-w (r^N-A-t/s. cn^^cK J we know, it has never been printed else-where.— For laughing I very much vote, Yet was never opposed to the church; , So why do grave people agree To leave me alone in the lurch? From my birth1 a desirable youth, In amenity ever I shone,Yet no merry andrew was I To be carelessly flouted upon. High, angry and sour are the words With which I have ever been curst,And yet though impenitent now, I was easily led at the first. The remainder of facsimile No. 14 is occu-pied by what seems to be a short independentpoem, over which Stevenson worked withmore assiduity than success. The somewhatbizarre subject might have yielded perhaps—when he was in happier vein — verses moreworthy of his genius; but even so, it may bedesirable to transcribe them:— i Stevenson seems to have written bih,- but be probablyintended to write birth. [51] Look out, my friend, its on the card, A babe forever squalling hard And shorn of any1 outer aid, A person mantled in a plaid And bound to be that babys pag
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