The Celestial Surgeon

If this be death,
I'll welcome it,
And feel no dread,
Nor show regret.
For life has been
A weary thing,
And now I'll rest,
And peace will sing.

About Robert Louis Stevenson

Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, author of Treasure Island and A Child's Garden of Verses.

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