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Patricia M. Collins (April 14, 1927 - March 5, 2024) was an American civic leader and politician who served as the mayor of Caribou, Maine from 1981 to 1982. She has chaired numerous local and state boards and organizations, including the Caribou School Board, the Maine Committee for Judicial Responsibility and Disability, Catholic Charities ...
Nov 13, 2013 · Painted at Bournemouth in the summer of 1885, John Singer Sargent’s portrait, Robert Louis Stevenson and his Wife, which was on loan to the Princeton Art Museum some years ago, has to be one of the strangest images Sargent ever put on canvas. For one thing, Mrs. Stevenson is seated off to the side, at first glance barely distinguishable from ...
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. This poem is in the public domain. My Wife - Trusty, dusky, vivid, true.
Gave to her. Gave to me. Analysis (ai): The poem "My Wife" by Robert Louis Stevenson is a sonnet that offers a concise portrait of a beloved wife. Stevenson uses simple and direct language to convey his profound admiration and gratitude for his companion. The poem's unadorned style and direct address to the reader set it apart from Stevenson's ...
The poem “Requiem” is a self-written epitaph of R.L. Stevenson inscribed on his tomb as suggested by him. It was composed in 1880 after his near to death experiences in 1879. In this short poem, he expresses his wish of where he should be laid after his death.
As well as writing Treasure Island and Jekyll and Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94) also wrote the perennially popular A Child’s Garden of Verses (1885), a collection of poems for younger readers. Many of Stevenson’s greatest poems were included in that volume, and many of the Robert Louis Stevenson poems we introduce below can be ...
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.
