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Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894 / Edinburgh / Scotland)
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Robert Louis Stevenson was born November 13, 1850 in Edinburgh, Scotland, the only son of respectable middle-class parents. Throughout his childhood, he suffered chronic health problems that confined him to bed. The strongest influence during his childhood was that of his nurse, Allison Cunnigham, who often read aloud Pilgrim's Progress and The Old Testament, his most direct literary influences during this time. In 1867, he entered Edinburgh University as a science student, where it was tacitly understood that he would follow his father's footsteps and become a civil engineer. Robert, however, had much more of a romantic nature at heart and while obstentiously working for a science degree, ... more »
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Lord, thy most pointed pleasure take
And stab my spirit broad awake;
Or, Lord, if too obdurate I,
Choose thou, before that spirit die,
A piercing pain, a killing sin,
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), Scottish author. The Celestial Surgeon (l. 9-14). . . Modern British Poetry. Louis Untermeyer, ed. (7th rev. e...
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It is just this rage for consideration that has betrayed the dog into his satellite position as the friend of man. The cat, an animal of franker appetites, preserves his independence. But the dog, wit...
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), Scottish author. "The Character of Dogs," Memories and Portraits, Scribner (1916).
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''The friendly cow, all red and white,
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), Scottish author. The Cow (l. 1-4). . . Oxford Book of Children's Verse, The. Iona Opie and Peter Opie, eds. (1...
I love with all my heart:
She gives me cream with all her might,
To eat with apple tart.''
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''The obscurest epoch is to-day.''
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), Scottish novelist, essayist, poet. repr. In Complete Works, vol. 26 (1924). The Day After Tomorrow (first publishe...
There are a lot of my poems including the elements of rhymes, bits... what's more, fairy tale elements of a child's heart. Welcome.
Comment about your poem Love
Despair - What is despair?
After lots of ups and downs – first you deny, then you realize, finally... you have to believe
What wins? is … the one who departs first
Who loses? is … the one who loves more and insists not to go
What if …?
Everything is just a game and tact?
Robert is a poet per excellence.His style is simply but strikes the audience with precision. I would be honored if he can appraise my poems, i would be encouraged by his criticism
When I was a very young boy in school I was given a book of poetry written by Robert Louis Stevenson...one of his poems has stuck with me all these years, 'The Land of Counterpane.' When I was ill and bed fast I would play with my toys among the bed-clothes. I guess most every young person has experienced this....