Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Robert louis stevenson! / blue the lift and braw the dawn Last Line: Robert louis stevenson. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850-1894); Strangers; United States; Writing & Writers; America | ||||||||
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON! Blue the lift and braw the dawn O' yer comin' here amang Strangers wha hae luved ye lang! Strangers tae ye we maun be, Yet tae us ye're kenned a wee By the writin's ye hae done, Robert Louis Stevenson. Syne ye've pit yer pen tae sic' Tales it stabbt us tae the quick -- Whiles o' tropic isles an' seas An' o' gowden treesuries -- Tales o' deid men's banes; an' tales Swete as sangs o' nightingales When the nune o' mirk's begun -- Robert Louis Stevenson. Sae we hail thee! nane the less For the "burr" that ye caress Wi' yer denty tongue o' Scots, Makin' words forget-me-nots O' yer bonnie braes that were Sung o' Burns the Poemer -- And that later lavrock, one Robert Louis Stevenson. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JULY FOURTH BY THE OCEAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS WATCH THE LIGHTS FADE by ROBINSON JEFFERS AFTER TENNYSON by AMBROSE BIERCE MEETING YOU AT THE PIERS by KENNETH KOCH INVOCATION TO THE SOCIAL MUSE by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH A BOY'S MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |
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