To Madame Garschine by Robert Louis Stevenson

WHAT is the face, the fairest face, till Care,
Till Care the graver – Care with cunning hand,
Etches content thereon and makes it fair,
Or constancy, and love, and makes it grand?

More from Robert Louis Stevenson:

• Thrawn Janet
• The Waif Woman
• The Sire de Maletroit’s Door
• The Sea Fogs
• The Scientific Ape
• The Clockmaker