Time & Brevity
On now, although the year be done
From New Poems (1918)
Time & Brevity
ON now, although the year be done,
Now, although the love be dead,
Dead and gone;
Hear me, O loved and cherished one,
Give me still the hand that led,
Led me on.
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MLA
Stevenson, Robert Louis. “On now, although the year be done.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/stevenson/192/.
Chicago
Stevenson, Robert Louis. “On now, although the year be done.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/stevenson/192/.
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