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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPITAPH, by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: The angler rose, he took his rod, / he kneeled and made his prayers to god
Last Line: The angler tripped, the eels were fed.
Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour
Subject(s): Fish & Fishing; God
First Line: The angler rose, he took his rod, / he kneeled and made his prayers to god
Last Line: The angler tripped, the eels were fed.
Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour
Subject(s): Fish & Fishing; God
THE angler rose, he took his rod,
He kneeled and made his prayers to God.
The living God sat overhead:
The angler tripped, the eels were fed.
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