A Poem for an Animal Lover: My Wife, by Robert Louis Stevenson
February 19th, 2013 | about me
For some reason I have been thinking about this poem today.
This poem by Robert Louis Stevenson for his wife is so beautiful and very cute. I bet his wife was an animal lover.
My Wife
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Trusty, dusky, vivid, true, With eyes of gold and bramble-dew, Steel-true and blade-straight, The great artificer Made my mate. Honour, anger, valour, fire; A love that life could never tire, Death quench or evil stir, The mighty master Gave to her. Teacher, tender, comrade, wife, A fellow-farer true through life, Heart-whole and soul-free The august father Gave to me. (his wife Fanny Vandegrift) Trusty, dusky, vivid, true, With eyes of gold and bramble-dew
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