Robert Louis Stevenson Poems on War & Peace (10 Poems)
Death, To The Dead For Evermore (Robert Louis Stevenson Poems)
DEATH, to the dead for evermore A King, a God, the last, the best of friends – Whene’er this mortal journey ends Death, like a host, comes smiling to the door; Smiling, he greets us, on that tranquil shore Where … Continue reading
From a Railway Carriage (Robert Louis Stevenson Poems)
Faster than fairies, faster than witches, Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches; And charging along like troops in a battle All through the meadows the horses and cattle: All of the sights of the hill and the plain Fly as … Continue reading
If This Were Faith (Robert Louis Stevenson Poems)
God, if this were enough, That I see things bare to the buff And up to the buttocks in mire; That I ask nor hope nor hire, Nut in the husk, Nor dawn beyond the dusk, Nor life beyond death: … Continue reading
Men Are Heaven’s Piers (Robert Louis Stevenson Poems)
MEN are Heaven’s piers; they evermore Unwearying bear the skyey floor; Man’s theatre they bear with ease, Unfrowning cariatides! I, for my wife, the sun uphold, Or, dozing, strike the seasons cold. She, on her side, in fairy-wise Deals in … Continue reading
Music At The Villa Marina (Robert Louis Stevenson Poems)
FOR some abiding central source of power, Strong-smitten steady chords, ye seem to flow And, flowing, carry virtue. Far below, The vain tumultuous passions of the hour Fleet fast and disappear; and as the sun Shines on the wake of … Continue reading
Strange Are The Ways Of Men (Robert Louis Stevenson Poems)
STRANGE are the ways of men, And strange the ways of God! We tread the mazy paths That all our fathers trod. We tread them undismayed, And undismayed behold The portents of the sky, The things that were of old. … Continue reading
The Bour-Tree Den (Robert Louis Stevenson Poems)
CLINKUM-CLANK in the rain they ride, Down by the braes and the grey sea-side; Clinkum-clank by stane and cairn, Weary fa’ their horse-shoe-airn! Loud on the causey, saft on the sand, Round they rade by the tail of the land; … Continue reading
To Minnie (Robert Louis Stevenson Poems)
The red room with the giant bed Where none but elders laid their head; The little room where you and I Did for awhile together lie And, simple, suitor, I your hand In decent marriage did demand; The great day … Continue reading
To Mrs. Macmarland (Robert Louis Stevenson Poems)
IN Schnee der Alpen – so it runs To those divine accords – and here We dwell in Alpine snows and suns, A motley crew, for half the year: A motley crew, we dwell to taste – A shivering band … Continue reading
Voluntary (Robert Louis Stevenson Poems)
HERE in the quiet eve My thankful eyes receive The quiet light. I see the trees stand fair Against the faded air, And star by star prepare The perfect night. And in my bosom, lo! Content and quiet grow Toward … Continue reading
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