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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson

Rain

Rain
The rain is raining all around,
It falls on field and tree,
It rains on the umbrellas here,
And on the ships at sea.

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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson

Prayer

Prayer
I ASK good things that I detest,
With speeches fair;
Heed not, I pray Thee, Lord, my breast,
But hear my prayer.
I say ill things I would no…

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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson

On Now, Although The Year Be Done

On Now, Although The Year Be Done
ON now, although the year be done,
Now, although the love be dead,
Dead and gone;
Hear me, O loved and cherished one, <…

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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson

Picture-Books in Winter

Picture-Books in Winter
Summer fading, winter comes--
Frosty mornings, tingling thumbs,
Window robins, winter rooks,
And the picture story-books.
W…

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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson

Now When The Number Of My Years

Now When The Number Of My Years
NOW when the number of my years
Is all fulfilled, and I
From sedentary life
Shall rouse me up to die,
Bury me low a…

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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson

Night and Day

Night and Day
When the golden day is done,
Through the closing portal,
Child and garden, Flower and sun,
Vanish all things mortal.
As the blinding …

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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson

My Ship and I

My Ship and I
O it's I that am the captain of a tidy little ship,
Of a ship that goes a sailing on the pond;
And my ship it keeps a-turning all around and all …

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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson

Ne Sit Ancillae Tibi Amor Pudor

Ne Sit Ancillae Tibi Amor Pudor
THERE'S just a twinkle in your eye
That seems to say I MIGHT, if I
Were only bold enough to try
An arm about your waist. …

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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson

My Love Was Warm

My Love Was Warm
MY love was warm; for that I crossed
The mountains and the sea,
Nor counted that endeavour lost
That gave my love to me.
If that i…

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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson

My Heart, When First The Black-Bird Sings

My Heart, When First The Black-Bird Sings
MY heart, when first the blackbird sings,
My heart drinks in the song:
Cool pleasure fills my bosom through
And…

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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson

Music At The Villa Marina

Music At The Villa Marina
FOR some abiding central source of power,
Strong-smitten steady chords, ye seem to flow
And, flowing, carry virtue. Far below,

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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson

Men Are Heaven's Piers

Men Are Heaven's Piers
MEN are Heaven's piers; they evermore
Unwearying bear the skyey floor;
Man's theatre they bear with ease,
Unfrowning cariatides! <…

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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson

Love, What Is Love

Love, What Is Love
LOVE - what is love? A great and aching heart;
Wrung hands; and silence; and a long despair.
Life - what is life? Upon a moorland bare

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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson

Man Sails The Deep Awhile

Man Sails The Deep Awhile
MAN sails the deep awhile;
Loud runs the roaring tide;
The seas are wild and wide;
O'er many a salt, o'er many a desert mile, <…

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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson

Looking-Glass River

Looking-Glass River
Smooth it glides upon its travel,
Here a wimple, there a gleam--
O the clean gravel!
O the smooth stream!
Sailing blossoms, sil…

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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson

Long Time I Lay In Little Ease

Long Time I Lay In Little Ease
LONG TIME I LAY IN LITTLE EASE
LONG time I lay in little ease
Where, placed by the Turanian,
Marseilles, the many-masted, …

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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson

Let Love Go, If Go She Will

Let Love Go, If Go She Will
LET love go, if go she will.
Seek not, O fool, her wanton flight to stay.
Of all she gives and takes away
The best remains be…

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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson

Lo! In Thine Honest Eyes I Read

Lo! In Thine Honest Eyes I Read
LO! in thine honest eyes I read
The auspicious beacon that shall lead,
After long sailing in deep seas,
To quiet havens i…

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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson

Know You The River NEar To Grez

Know You The River NEar To Grez
KNOW you the river near to Grez,
A river deep and clear?
Among the lilies all the way,
That ancient river runs to-day

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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson

Katherine

Katherine
We see you as we see a face
That trembles in a forest place
Upon the mirror of a pool
Forever quiet, clear and cool;
And in the wayward g…

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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson

In the Highlands

In the Highlands
IN the highlands, in the country places,
Where the old plain men have rosy faces,
And the young fair maidens
Quiet eyes;
Where ess…

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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson

It Blows A Snowing Gale

It Blows A Snowing Gale
IT blows a snowing gale in the winter of the year;
The boats are on the sea and the crews are on the pier.
The needle of the vane, it i…

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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson

In Port

In Port
Last, to the chamber where I lie
My fearful footsteps patter nigh,
And come out from the cold and gloom
Into my warm and cheerful room.
The…

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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson

In Lupum

In Lupum
BEYOND the gates thou gav'st a field to till;
I have a larger on my window-sill.
A farm, d'ye say? Is this a farm to you,
Where for all woods I …

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