R.L.S. IN MEMORIAM, by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSONPoet AnalysisPoet's Biography
First Line: These to his memory. May the age arriving Last Line: His golden keys! Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin Subject(s): Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850-1894)
THESE to his Memory. May the Age arriving As ours recall That bravest heart, that gay and gallant striving, That laurelled pall!
Blithe and rare spirit! We who later linger By bleaker seas, Sigh for the touch of the Magician's finger, -- His golden keys!