John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8050 Robert Louis Stevenson 1850-1894 John Bartlett
NUMBER: | 8050 |
AUTHOR: | Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) |
QUOTATION: | 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 the sea, And the hunter home from the hill.” |
ATTRIBUTION: | Requiem (and Epitaph). |
WORKS: | Robert Louis Stevenson Collection. |