Death & Dying
Xl—an End of Travel
From Songs of Travel, and Other Verses
Death & Dying
Let now your soul in this substantial world
Some anchor strike. Be here the body moored;—
This spectacle immutably from now
The picture in your eye; and when time strikes,
And the green scene goes on the instant blind—
The ultimate helpers, where your horse to-day
Conveyed you dreaming, bear your body dead.
Vailima.
Cite this poem
MLA
Stevenson, Robert Louis. “Xl—an End of Travel.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/stevenson/94/.
Chicago
Stevenson, Robert Louis. “Xl—an End of Travel.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/stevenson/94/.
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