Who is Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Kidnapped and A Child's Garden of Verses.

Born and educated in Edinburgh, Stevenson suffered from serious bronchial trouble for much of his life, but continued to write prolifically and travel widely in defiance of his poor health. As a young man, he mixed in London literary circles, receiving encouragement from Andrew Lang, Edmund Gosse, Leslie Stephen and W. E. Henley, the last of whom may have provided the model for Long John Silver in Treasure Island. In 1890, he settled in Samoa where, alarmed at increasing European and American in...
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Robert Louis Stevenson Poems

• Prière De Mariage
  Seigneur, voici notre famille assemblée ici.
  Nous vous remercions pour ce lieu dans lequel nous habitons,
  pour l'amour qui nous unit,
  pour la paix qui nous est accordée aujourd'hui, ...
• Hochzeitsgebet
  Herr, siehe, unsere Familie hier versammelt.
  Wir danken Ihnen für diesen Ort, an dem wir wohnen.
  für die Liebe, die uns verbindet,
  denn der Friede, der uns heute gewährt wurde, ...
• Oración De La Boda
  Señor, mira a nuestra familia aquí reunida.
  Te agradecemos por este lugar en el que vivimos,
  por el amor que nos une
  por la paz que nos ha otorgado este día, ...
• Come From The Daisied Meadows
  HOME from the daisied meadows, where you linger yet -
  Home, golden-headed playmate, ere the sun is set;
  For the dews are falling fast
  And the night has come at last. ...
• Block City
  What are you able to build with your blocks?
  Castles and palaces, temples and docks.
  Rain may keep raining, and others go roam,
  But I can be happy and building at home. ...

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Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes

• A friend is a present you give yourself.
• We are all travelers in the wilderness of the World, and the best that we can find in our travels is an honest friend.
• To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.
• To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming is the only end of life.
• To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.

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