Thomas Humphry Ward, ed. The English Poets. 1880–1918.rnVol. V. Browning to Rupert Brooke
Robert Louis Stevenson (18501894)My Wife
T
With eyes of gold and bramble-dew,
Steel-true and blade-straight,
The great artificer
Made my mate.
A love that life could never tire,
Death quench or evil stir,
The mighty master
Gave to her.
A fellow-farer true through life,
Heart-whole and soul-free
The august father
Gave to me.