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    Robert Louis Stevenson, an Elegy; and Other Poems
    Robert Louis Stevenson, an Elegy; and Other Poems
    Robert Louis Stevenson, an Elegy; and Other Poems
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    Robert Louis Stevenson, an Elegy; and Other Poems

    By Richard le Gallienne

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    "Robert Louis Stevenson, an Elegy; and Other Poems" by Richard Le Gallienne is a poetry collection that transcends history and time. Starting with page one, a vivid image is created which only becomes more detailed with each new verse. The collection is a short one, with only a handful of poems, but each one has earned its place and deserves to be read and remembered.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateDec 24, 2019
    ISBN4064066133610
    Robert Louis Stevenson, an Elegy; and Other Poems

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      Robert Louis Stevenson, an Elegy; and Other Poems - Richard le Gallienne

      Richard Le Gallienne

      Robert Louis Stevenson, an Elegy; and Other Poems

      Published by Good Press, 2019

      goodpress@okpublishing.info

      EAN 4064066133610

      Table of Contents

      ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

      AN ODE TO SPRING

      TREE-WORSHIP

      A BALLAD OF LONDON

      PARIS DAY BY DAY: A FAMILIAR EPISTLE

      ALFRED TENNYSON

      PROFESSOR MINTO

      ON MR. GLADSTONE'S RETIREMENT

      OMAR KHAYYÁM

      THE SECOND CRUCIFIXION

      AN IMPRESSION

      NATURAL RELIGION

      FAITH REBORN

      HESPERIDES

      JENNY DEAD

      MY BOOKS

      MAMMON

      ART

      TO A POET

      A NEW YEAR LETTER

      SNATCH

      MY MAIDEN VOTE

      THE ANIMALCULE ON MAN

      COME, MY CELIA

      TIME'S MONOTONE

      COR CORDIUM

      LOVE'S EXCHANGE

      TO A SIMPLE HOUSEWIFE

      LOVE'S WISDOM

      HOME …

      LOVE'S LANDMARKS

      IF, AFTER ALL …!

      SPIRIT OF SADNESS

      AN INSCRIPTION

      SONG

      ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON: AN ELEGY AN ODE TO SPRING TREE-WORSHIP A BALLAD OF LONDON PARIS DAY BY DAY: A FAMILIAR EPISTLE ALFRED TENNYSON PROFESSOR MINTO ON MR. GLADSTONE'S RETIREMENT OMAR KHAYYAM THE SECOND CRUCIFIXION AN IMPRESSION NATURAL RELIGION FAITH REBORN HESPERIDES JENNY DEAD MY BOOKS MAMMON ART TO A POET A NEW YEAR LETTER SNATCH MY MAIDEN VOTE THE ANIMALCULE ON MAN COME, MY CELIA TIME'S MONOTONE

      COR CORDIUM

      O GOLDEN DAY! O SILVER NIGHT! LOVE'S EXCHANGE TO A SIMPLE HOUSEWIFE LOVE'S WISDOM HOME LOVE'S LANDMARKS IF, AFTER ALL … ! SPIRIT OF SADNESS AN INSCRIPTION SONG

      ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

      Table of Contents

      AN ELEGY

      High on his Patmos of the Southern Seas

      Our northern dreamer sleeps,

      Strange stars above him, and above his grave

      Strange leaves and wings their tropic splendours wave,

      While, far beneath, mile after shimmering mile,

      The great Pacific, with its faery deeps,

      Smiles all day long its silken secret smile.

      Son of a race nomadic, finding still

      Its home in regions furthest from its home,

      Ranging untired the borders of the world,

      And resting but to roam;

      Loved of his land, and making all his boast

      The birthright of the blood from which he came,

      Heir to those lights that guard the Scottish coast,

      And caring only for a filial fame;

      Proud, if a

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