Death & Dying
Requiem
Death & Dying
Under the wide and starry sky
Dig the grave and let me lie:
Glad did I live and gladly die,
And I laid me down with a will.
This be the verse you 'grave for me:
Here he lies where he long'd to be;
Home is the sailor, home from the sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.
Cite this poem
MLA
Stevenson, Robert Louis. “Requiem.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/stevenson/98/.
Chicago
Stevenson, Robert Louis. “Requiem.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/stevenson/98/.
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