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Weir of Hermiston, by Robert Louis Stevenson,
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Title: Weir of Hermiston an unfinished romance
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Editor: Sidney Colvin
Release Date: November 7, 2010 [eBook #380] [First posted: December 2, 1995]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII)
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Transcribed from the 1913 Chatto and Windus edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
WEIR OF HERMISTON
AN UNFINISHED ROMANCE
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BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
[Picture: Decorative image]
FINE-PAPER EDITION
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LONDON CHATTO & WINDUS 1913
Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & CO. at the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh
TO MY WIFE
I saw rain falling and the rainbow drawn On Lammermuir. Hearkening I heard again In my precipitous city beaten bells Winnow the keen sea wind. And here afar, Intent on my own race and place, I wrote. Take thou the writing: thine it is. For who Burnished the sword, blew on the drowsy coal, Held still the target higher, chary of praise And prodigal of counsel--who but thou? So no