 | David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - American essays - 1900 - 466 pages
...epitaph : — "Under the wide and starry sky, Dig me a grave and let me lie; Glad did I live and gladly I die And I laid me down with a will. "This be the verse that they grave for me: •Here he lies where he longed to be; Home is the sailor, home from the sea,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1900 - 638 pages
...virgin forest and lovingly carry his body to its last resting-place on the summit of Vaca mountain. " Under the wide and starry sky, dig the grave and let me lie," he had asked in his " Requiem." His wish was granted. He sleeps his last sleep under southern constellations,... | |
 | Literature - 1901 - 674 pages
...God's bright and intricate device Of days and seasons doth suffice. REQUIEM. (From " Underwoods.") UNDER the wide and starry sky, Dig the grave and let...where he longed to be ; Home is the sailor, home from sea, And the hunter home from the hill TOL. XIX. — t 10272 FREDERIC JESUP STIMSON. STIMSON, FREDERIC... | |
 | Sir Graham Balfour - Literary Criticism - 1901 - 264 pages
...Upon the other panel, in English, is his own Requiem : — A ROBERT LOUIS a 185o STEVENSON. 1894 ' Under the wide and starry sky, Dig the grave and let...-where he longed to be ; Home is the sailor, home from sea, And the hunter home from the hill.' Since his death the chiefs have tabooed the use of firearms... | |
 | Sir Graham Balfour - 1901 - 298 pages
...flower. Upon the other panel, in English, is his own Requiem: — A ROBERT LOUIS O 1850 STEVENSON. 1894 Under the wide and starry sky, Dig the grave and let...he lies where he longed to be; Home is the sailor, bome from sea, And the hunter bome from the bill. Since his death the chiefs have tabooed the use of... | |
 | Sir Graham Balfour - Authors, English - 1901 - 300 pages
...flower. Upon the other panel, in English, is his own Requiem: — A ROBERT LOUIS Q 1850 STEVENSON. 1894 Under the wide and starry sky, Dig the grave and let...you grave for me : Here he lIes where he longed to he; Home is the saIlor, home from sea, And the hunter home from the hIll. Since his death the chiefs... | |
 | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - English poetry - 1901 - 1190 pages
...grasses, Only the mightier movement sounds and passes ; Only winds and rivers, 848. Requiem T TNDER the wide and starry sky ^^ Dig the grave and let me...will. This be the verse you grave for me: Here he lut 'where he long'd to be ; Home is the sailor, home from sea, And the hunter home from the htlL TW... | |
 | Sir Graham Balfour - Authors, Scottish - 1901 - 296 pages
...flower. Upon the other panel, in English, is his own Requiem: — A ROBERT LOUlS Q i850 STEVENSON. i894 Under the wide and starry sky, Dig the grave and let...a will. This be the verse you grave for me : Here be lies where be longed to be; Home is the sailor, bome from sea, And the banter bome from the bill.... | |
 | Lilian Whiting - Books and reading - 1901 - 432 pages
...complete in these two stanzas : — " Under the wide and starry sky, Dig my grave and let me die ; Glad did I live and gladly die, And I laid me down with a will. " This he the verse you grave for me ; Here he lies where he longed to be ; Home is the sailor, home from... | |
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REQUIEM 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 longed to be; Home is the sailor, home from sea, And the hunter... 
