Ad Quintilianum
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 (Edinburgh) – 1894 (Vailima, Samoa)
O CHIEF director of the growing race,
Of Rome the glory and of Rome the grace,
Me, O Quintilian, may you not forgive
Before from labour I make haste to live?
Some burn to gather wealth, lay hands on rule,
Or with white statues fill the atrium full.
The talking hearth, the rafters sweet with smoke,
Live fountains and rough grass, my line invoke:
A sturdy slave, not too learned wife,
Nights filled with slumber, and a quiet life.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AABCDEFFGG |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 429 |
Words | 81 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
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