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A collection of poetry by Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson.

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The Stormy Evening Closes Now in Vain

The stormy evening closes now in vain, Loud wails the wind and beats the driving rain, While here in sheltered house With fire-ypainted walls, I hear the wind abroad, I hark the calling squalls⁠— “Blow, blow,” I cry, “you burst your cheeks in vain! Blow, blow,” I cry, “my love is home again!”

Yon ship you chase perchance but yesternight Bore still the precious freight of my delight, That here in sheltered house With fire-ypainted walls, Now hears the wind abroad, Now harks the calling squalls. “Blow, blow,” I cry, “in vain you rouse the sea, My rescued sailor shares the fire with me!”

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