Stevenson, Robert Louis (M)

Surname: Stevenson
Forename(s): Robert Louis
b. 13 November 1850. d. 3 December 1894. Nationality: Scottish. VIAF.
Major novelist, travel writer, and poet. Pseudonym: R. L. S.. Alternative signature: R. L. Stevenson. Educated at the University of Edinburgh. Author of Treasure Island and Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Poetry publications include A Child’s Garden of Verses (1885) and Songs of Travel and Other Verses (1896). Lived in Samoa from 1890. Biographical information: ODNB. (AC, NM)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 11
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
Et tu in Arcadia Viristi 1881-02 The Cornhill Magazine Poet 12114
A Legend 1886-04 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18743
“Sing clearlier, Muse, or evermore be still” 1887-10 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18800
The Lamplighter 1887-10 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18798
“My house, I say. But hark to the sunny doves” 1887-10 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18797
“Say not of me that weakly I declined” 1887-10 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18799
The House Beautiful 1887-11 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 8633
Of His Pitiable Transformation 1888-04 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18823
The Fine Pacific Islands. (Heard in a public-house at Rotherhithe) 1889-01 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18858
To S. C. 1895-01 Longman’s Magazine Poet 19066
A Thought 1896-05 The English Illustrated Magazine Poet 19562