The Angler Rose, He Took His Rod

Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 (Edinburgh) – 1894 (Vailima, Samoa)



THE angler rose, he took his rod,
He kneeled and made his prayers to God.
The living God sat overhead:
The angler tripped, the eels were fed

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 31, 2023

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Scheme AABB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 145
Words 29
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. more…

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