Sense Sonnet - Acher

 R.L.S. R.I.P.

Robert Louis Stevenson wrote

The verse of Requiem to be

Carved into his gravestone to note

That he remain in memory.

Stevenson felt gladness of will

To live in a fulfilling roam,

Over the sea, over the hill.

But then to make his journey home

When it came time for him to die.

There in a grave he wished to stay

Under a wide and starry sky,

And do so in remembered way.

Death came to Stevenson before

He'd finished his year 44.