<P> A Child 's Garden of Verses is a collection of poetry for children about childhood , illness , play and solitude by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson . The collection first appeared in 1885 under the title Penny Whistles , but has been reprinted many times , often in illustrated versions . It contains about 65 poems including the cherished classics `` Foreign Children , '' `` The Lamplighter , '' `` The Land of Counterpane , '' `` Bed in Summer , '' `` My Shadow '' and `` The Swing . '' </P>
<P> A Child 's Garden of Verses is a collection of poetry for children about childhood , illness , play and solitude by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson . The collection first appeared in 1885 under the title Penny Whistles , but has been reprinted many times , often in illustrated versions . It contains about 65 poems including the cherished classics `` Foreign Children , '' `` The Lamplighter , '' `` The Land of Counterpane , '' `` Bed in Summer , '' `` My Shadow '' and `` The Swing . '' </P>
who penned a child 's garden of verses
who penned a child 's garden of verses
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson