Le Gallienne, Richard, 1866-1947 / 2008-07-03 00:00:00

EBOOK STEVENSON AND ELEGY ***


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ROBERT
LOUIS
STEVENSON

AN ELEGY

AND OTHER POEMS MAINLY PERSONAL
BY
RICHARD LE GALLIENNE

MDCCCXCV

TO
MY DEAR MOTHER AND FATHER
THESE POEMS ARE LOVINGLY
DEDICATED

CONTENTS
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
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.
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