“Here he lies where he longed to be;
Home is the sailor, home from sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.”

Bk. I, Requiem (the final sentence was used on Stevenson's Gravestone).
Underwoods (1887)
Context: 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:
Here he lies where he longed to be;
Home is the sailor, home from sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.

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Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer 1850–1894

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