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Henley died, his course half run—

Had Henley died, and Stevenson

Been left on earth, of him to write,

He would have chosen to indite

His name in generous phrase—or none.

No envious humor, cold and dun,

Had marred the vesture he had spun,

All luminous, to clothe his knight—

Had Henley died!

Ah, well! at rest—poor Stevenson!—

Safe in our hearts his place is won.

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