When did Robert Louis Stevenson write wedding prayer?

Answer 1

On December 3, 1894, at the age of 44, Stevenson died of a stroke. The natives carried his body to the peak of Mount Vaea, where they buried him. His poem "Requiem" is inscribed on his gravestone as an epitaph: "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 the sea,

And the hunter home from the hill."

Answer 2

This prayer, actually called "For Success," is the first of a collection of prayers by Stevenson published in 1904, ten years after his death, in a book entitled Prayers Written at Vailima.

The Scottish writer lived in the Samoan village of Vailima from 1890-1894 (when he died suddenly at age 44), so he probably wrote this prayer during that prolific time.

You can read the digitized manuscript at Google Books. This prayer appears online in shortened form, retitled as "The Wedding Prayer" or "We Thank Thee."

Answer 3

He married Fanny van de Grift Osbourne in May 1880

Answer 4

Robert Louis Stevenson wrote the "Wedding Prayer" in 1885. It was published in 1892 as part of his collection of poems called "Underwoods."

Answer 5

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