 REQUIEM 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 sea, And the hunter...  HOYT'S NEW CYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL QUOTATIONS - Sida 229efter KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Sherwin Cody - 1905 - 628 sidor
...the master of my fate : I am the captain of my soul. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (1850-1894) REQUIEM UNDER the wide and starry sky Dig the grave and let me lie;...where he longed to be; Home is the sailor, home from sea, And the hunter home from the hill. FRANCIS WILLIAM BOURDILLON THE NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES THE... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1905 - 294 sidor
...Upon the other panel, in English, is his own Requiem: — A ROBERT LOUIS Q 1850 STEVENSON. 1894 Under the wide and starry sky, Dig the grave and let me...he lies where he longed to be; Home is the sailor, bome from sea, And the hunter bome from the bill. Since his death the chiefs have tabooed the use of... | |
 | William James Dawson - 1905 - 332 sidor
...which animated him to the last: * ij Under the wide and starry sky 3 Dig the grave and let me (Ee. Glad did I live, and gladly die, And I laid me down...Home from the sea, And the hunter home from the hill. But there is another element they do not express, the continued life of memory, the restless ardour... | |
 | Sally Russell - 2001 - 268 sidor
..."Requiem": Under the wide and starry sky Dig the grave and let me lie. Glad did I live and gladly die And 1 laid me down with a will. This be the verse you 'grave...from the sea, And the hunter home from the hill." IT is NIGHT, and alone in my house, I am turning out lights before going to bed, my body dreamily recalling... | |
 | Lowell Don Holmes - 2001 - 316 sidor
...read Under the wide and starry sky, Dig the grave and let me lie. Glad did I live and gladly die, And laid me down with a will. This be the verse you grave...home from the sea, And the hunter home from the hill. The day of the funeral the chiefs of Upolu declared a tapu on Mount Vaea. From that time till now no... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 2003 - 334 sidor
...the great sea where for six years he sailed and gladly lived. 1850 ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON 1894 Under the wide and starry sky, Dig the grave and let me...where he longed to be; Home is the sailor, home from sea, And the hunter home from the hill. SOURCES, EDITING, AND FURTHER READING The Stevenson texts in... | |
 | Ashby Bland Crowder - 2004 - 430 sidor
...title." " Meanwhile, Humphrey hit upon Home from the Hill, from Robert Louis Stevenson's "Requiem": Under the wide and starry sky, Dig the grave and let me...home from the sea, And the hunter home from the hill. This title met with approval all around, but a May sales conference at Knopf led to Weinstock's request... | |
 | Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - 2007 - 778 sidor
...all I know Is, there is not a word of fear. WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR ENGLISH (1775-1864) Requiem Under the wide and starry sky, Dig the grave and let me...where he longed to be; Home is the sailor, home from sea, And the hunter home from the hill. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON SCOTTISH (1850-1894) The Lonely Death... | |
 | Andreas Dörpinghaus - 2004 - 316 sidor
...bestimmt. Die letzten drei Zeilen seines 1879 verfassten „Requiems", zieren den Grabstein: „Under the wide and starry sky Dig the grave and let me lie:...he lies where he longed to be: Home is the sailor, hörne from sea, And the hunter home from the hill. 3. Heim und Ordnung Wie schon die ersten Menschen... | |
 | David Stanley - 2004 - 1128 sidor
...Stevenson's requiem reads: Under the wide and starry sky, Dig the grave and let me lie. Glad did J live and gladly die, And I laid me down with a will...home from the sea, And the hunter home from the hilL Stevenson's wife Fanny died in California in 1914, and a year later her ashes were brought back to... | |
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