I was a sickly child and spent many hours reading A Child's Garden Of Verses

Robert Louis Stevenson in 1893 by Henry Walter Barnett was born 13 November 1850 in Edinburgh, Scotland
Died 3 December 1894 (aged 44) in Vailima, Samoa
His occupation was that of a novelist, poet, travel writer
His notable works included Treasure Island, A Child's Garden of Verses,
Kidnapped and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

Here is the favorite poem from the book
Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850 - 1894
When I was sick and lay a-bed,
I had two pillows at my head,
And all my toys beside me lay
To keep me happy all the day.

And sometimes for an hour or so
I watched my leaden soldiers go,
With different uniforms and drills,
Among the bed-clothes, through the hills;

And sometimes sent my ships in fleets
All up and down among the sheets;
Or brought my trees and houses out,

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