Living
Envoy
From Underwoods (1887)
Living
Go, little book, and wish to all
Flowers in the garden, meat in the hall,
A bin of wine, a spice of wit,
A house with lawns enclosing it,
A living river by the door,
A nightingale in the sycamore!
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MLA
Stevenson, Robert Louis. “Envoy.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/stevenson/99/.
Chicago
Stevenson, Robert Louis. “Envoy.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/stevenson/99/.
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