Poetic Openings : Wallace Stevens to Robert Louis Stevenson

Poet : Wallace Stevens : Poem : Valley Candle : First Line : My candle burned alone in an immense valley.
Poet : Robert Louis Stevenson : Poem : A Valentine's Song : First Line : MOTLEY I count the only wear
Poet : Robert Louis Stevenson : Poem : About The Sheltered Garden Ground : First Line : ABOUT the sheltered garden ground
Poet : Robert Louis Stevenson : Poem : Ad Magistrum Ludi : First Line : NOW in the sky
Poet : Robert Louis Stevenson : Poem : Ad Martialem : First Line : GO(D) knows, my Martial, if we two could be

Poet : Robert Louis Stevenson : Poem : Ad Nepotem : First Line : O NEPOS, twice my neigh(b)our (since at home
Poet : Robert Louis Stevenson : Poem : Ad Olum : First Line : CALL me not rebel, though { here at every word
Poet : Robert Louis Stevenson : Poem : Ad Piscatorem : First Line : FOR these are sacred fishes all
Poet : Robert Louis Stevenson : Poem : Ad Quintilianum : First Line : O CHIEF director of the growing race,
Poet : Robert Louis Stevenson : Poem : Ad Se Ipsum : First Line : DEAR sir, good-morrow! Five years back,