Part 1 — "TRUSTY, DUSKY, VIVID, TRUE"
Reading edition
Trusty, dusky, vivid, true, With eyes of gold and bramble-dew, Steel true and blade straight The great Artificer made my mate.
Honor, anger, valor, fire, A love that life could never tire, Death quench, or evil stir, The mighty Master gave to her.
Teacher, tender comrade, wife, A fellow-farer true through life, Heart-whole and soul-free, The August Father gave to me.
Robert Louis Stevenson [1850-1894]