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[I, whom Apollo sometime visited,]

I, whom Apollo sometime visited,
Or feigned to visit, now, my day being done,
Do slumber wholly; nor shall know at all
The weariness of changes; nor perceive
Immeasurable sands of centuries
Drink of the blanching ink, or the loud sound
Of generations beat the music down.

This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on August 30, 2026, by the Academy of American Poets.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson — Portrait by Count Girolamo Nerli, 1892

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