History & Politics
XXII
From Songs of Travel, and Other Verses
History & Politics
I have trod the upward and the downward slope;
I have endured and done in days before;
I have longed for all, and bid farewell to hope;
And I have lived and loved, and closed the door.
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Stevenson, Robert Louis. “XXII.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/stevenson/76/.
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Stevenson, Robert Louis. “XXII.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/stevenson/76/.
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