Love
So live, so love, so use that fragile hour
From New Poems (1918)
Love
SO live, so love, so use that fragile hour,
That when the dark hand of the shining power
Shall one from other, wife or husband, take,
The poor survivor may not weep and wake.
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MLA
Stevenson, Robert Louis. “So live, so love, so use that fragile hour.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/stevenson/225/.
Chicago
Stevenson, Robert Louis. “So live, so love, so use that fragile hour.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/stevenson/225/.
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