 REQUIEM UNDER the wide and starry sky, Dig the grave and let me lie. Glad did I live and gladly die, And I laid me down with a will. This be the verse you grave for me: Here he lies where he longed to be ; Home is the sailor, home from sea, And the hunter...  The Faith of Robert Louis Stevenson - Page 190by John Kelman - 1904 - 301 pagesFull view - About this book
 | California - 1918 - 610 pages
...of the resting place of his remains, that I will offer the verse here, which I copied from the tomb. "Under the wide and starry sky Dig the grave and let...grave for me, Here he lies where he longed to be Home is the sailor, home from the sea, And the hunter home from the hill." The letters are about two inches... | |
 | California - 1905 - 622 pages
...tides of Scottish history have ebbed and flowed for generations, no Stevenson worshiper can doubt. "This be the verse you grave for me: 'Here he lies where he longed to be ; Home is the sailor, home from sea, And the hunter home from the hill.' " THE PICTURE OF THE "LITTLE FATHER."... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - History - 1887 - 204 pages
...wild, From your whole life, O fair and true Your flowers and thorns you bring with you ! XXI REQUIEM UNDER the wide and starry sky, Dig the grave and let...for me : Here he lies where he longed to be ; Home is the sailor, home from sea, And the hunter home from the hill. XXII . THE CELESTIAL SURGEON IF I... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - American literature - 1888 - 338 pages
...Such a passage is surely the following "Requiem " : " Under the wide and starry sky, Dig the grave und let me lie. Glad did I live and gladly die, And I...grave for me: Here he lies where he longed to be; Some is the sailor, home from sea, Atul the hunter home from the hill." The greater number of these... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1891 - 606 pages
...let me die ; Glad did I live, and gladly die, And I laid me down with a will. * This be the verse ye grave for me : Here he lies where he longed to be ; , Home is the sailor, home from the sea, And the hunter is home from the hill. =The Paris correspondent of... | |
 | American poetry - 1892 - 266 pages
...not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with hia glory ! Charles Wolfe. REQUIEM UNDER the wide and starry sky Dig the grave, and let...for me : Here he lies where he longed to be ; Home is the sailor, home from the sea, And the hunter home from the hill. Robert Louis Stevenson. THE VOICE... | |
 | American poetry - 1892 - 266 pages
...carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory ! REQUIEM UXDER the wide and starry sky Dig the grave, and let me...for me : Here he lies where he longed to be ; Home is the sailor, home from the sea, And the hunter home from the hill. Robert Louis Stevenson. THE VOICE... | |
 | American poetry - 1892 - 264 pages
...not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left Him alone with his glory! Charles Wolfe. REQUIEM UNDER the wide and starry sky Dig the grave, and let...you grave for me: Here he lies where he longed to he ; Home is the sailor, home from sea, And the hunter home from the hill. Hubert Louis Steventan,... | |
 | American poetry - 1892 - 324 pages
...UNDER the wide and starry sky Dig the grave, and let me lie. Glad did I live, and gladly die, And I kid me down with a will. This be the verse you grave for me : Here he lies where he longed to he ; Home is the sailor, home from the sea, And the hunter home from the hill. Robert Louis Stevenson.... | |
 | Humanities - 1901 - 742 pages
...fragile form once fretted by that strenuous and soaring spirit has found its appropriate place of rest. Under the wide and starry sky, Dig the grave and let...for me, "Here he lies where he longed to be ; Home is the sailor, home from sea, And the hunter home from the hill." JOHN MACNAUGHTON. THE UNIVERSITY... | |
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