Looking for nursery rhymes by Robin Lewis Stevenson?

Question

This nursery rhyme starts with the words "up in the air"

Answer 1

I think you meant Robert Lewis Stevenson... and the beginning line of the second verse of "The Swing" begins with those words.


The Swing

How do you like to go up in a swing,
Up in the air so blue?
Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
Ever a child can do!

Up in the air and over the wall,
Till I can see so wide,
River and trees and cattle and all
Over the countryside--

Till I look down on the garden green,
Down on the roof so brown--
Up in the air I go flying again,
Up in the air and down!

Answer 2

It's ROBERT Lewis Stevenson.

A Child's Garden of Verses is a collection of poetry for children 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 Land of Counterpane," "Bed in Summer," "My Shadow" and "The Swing."

They all can be found here:
http://robert-louis-stevenson.classic-literature.co.uk/a-childs-garden-of-verses/

Answer 3

Robert Louis Stevenson? You can search www.Bartleby.com - it's a site for finding quotes.

Answer 4

Here's the book it came out of, the verse is the swing.