The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson for Boys and Girls

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to others--these ... were the traits that distinguished Stevenson."

"They do not make life easy as he frequently found."

His resting-place on the crest of Vaea Mountain is covered by a tomb of
gray stone. On one side is inscribed in English the verses he had
written for his own requiem:

   A            ROBERT LOUIS     [Symbol: Omega]
  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: