The life of Robert Louis Stevenson for boys and girls . tranger hand touched him. . .Those who loved him carried him to his last 171 ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON home; even the coffin was the work of anold friend. The grave was dug by his ownmen. Tusitala had left them, and his friends inthe South Seas had lost a faithful friend andcompanion, a wise and just master. His family and friends the world over hadlost not only these but far more. His lifehad been a chivalrous one with all the bestthat chivalry stands for, loyalty, honesty,generosity, courage, courtesy, and self-de-votion; to impute no unwo
The life of Robert Louis Stevenson for boys and girls . tranger hand touched him. . .Those who loved him carried him to his last 171 ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON home; even the coffin was the work of anold friend. The grave was dug by his ownmen. Tusitala had left them, and his friends inthe South Seas had lost a faithful friend andcompanion, a wise and just master. His family and friends the world over hadlost not only these but far more. His lifehad been a chivalrous one with all the bestthat chivalry stands for, loyalty, honesty,generosity, courage, courtesy, and self-de-votion; to impute no unworthy motives andto bear no grudges; to bear misfortune withcheerfulness and without a murmur; tostrike hard for the right and to take no meanadvantage; to be gentle to women and kindto all that are weak; to be rigorous with one-self and very lenient to others — these . .were the traits that distinguished Steven-son. They do not make life easy as he fre-quently found. His resting-place on the crest of VaeaMountain is covered by a tomb of gray 172. VAILIMA stone. On one side is inscribed in Englishthe verses he had written for his own re-quiem: A ROBERT LOUIS Q 1850 STEVENSON 1894 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 the sea,And the hunter home from the hill. On the other side, written in Samoan andsurrounded by carvings of thistles, his nativeflowers, and the hibiscus flowers, emblem ofthe South, are the words from the Bible: Whither thou goest I will go, and where thoulodgest I will lodge; thy people shall be my people;and thy God my God; where thou diest will I die,and there will I be buried. The Samoan chiefs have forbidden the useof firearms upon Vaea hillside, that the 173 ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON birds may live there undisturbed, and raiseabove his grave the songs he loved so well. Tusitala,
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