Robert Louis Stevenson

A rather spoiled only child who went by the names "Smoutie" (Scots for "small fry") or "Lewis," Stevenson grew up in Edinburgh, Scotland. Stevenson's parents expected him to enter a profession, preferably

Far over seas an island is

by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–94)

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Far over seas an island is

Whereon when day is done

A grove of tossing palms

Are printed on the sun.

And all about the reefy shore

Blue breakers flash and fall.

There shall I go, methinks,

When I am done with all.

Have I no castle then in Spain,

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