Arts & Sciences

Come, my little children, here are songs for you

by Robert Louis Stevenson 1850–1894

From New Poems (1918)

Arts & Sciences

COME, my little children, here are songs for you;
Some are short and some are long, and all, all are new.
You must learn to sing them very small and clear,
Very true to time and tune and pleasing to the ear.

Mark the note that rises, mark the notes that fall,
Mark the time when broken, and the swing of it all.
So when night is come, and you have gone to bed,
All the songs you love to sing shall echo in your head.

MLA

Stevenson, Robert Louis. “Come, my little children, here are songs for you.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/stevenson/233/.

Chicago

Stevenson, Robert Louis. “Come, my little children, here are songs for you.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/stevenson/233/.

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