My Wife Poem by Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

Edinburgh / Scotland
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Edinburgh / Scotland
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My Wife

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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.

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Robert Louis Stevenson

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