by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
My wife
Language: English
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.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), "My wife", appears in Songs of Travel and other verses, no. 26, first published 1896 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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