Signature: [upper right]: TO • MARY • LAWRENCE / AUGUSTUS • / SAINT-GAUDENS
Inscription: [upper left]: ROBERT • LOUIS STEVENSON; [lower center]: COPYRIGT • AUGUSTUS • SAINT-GAUDENS; [left]: • YOUTH • NOW • FLEES • ON • FEATHERED • FOOT • / • FAINT • AND • FAINTER • SOUNDS • THE • FLUTE • / RARER • SONG • OF • GODS • AND • STILL • / SOMEWHERE • ON • THE • SUNNY • HILL • / OR ALONG • THE • WINDING • STREAM • / THROUGH [sic] • THE • WILLOWS • FLITS • A • DREAM • / • FLITS • BUT • SHOWS • A • SMILING • FACE • / • FLEES • BUT • WITH • SO • QUAINT • A • GRACE • / • NONE • CAN CHOOSE • TO • STAY • AT • HOME • / • ALL • MUST • FOLLOW • ALL • MUST • ROAM • / / • THIS • IS • UNBORN • BEAUTY • SHE • / • NOW • IN • AIR • FLOATS • HIGH • AND • FREE • / • TAKES • THE • SUN • AND • BREAKS • THE • BLUE • / • LATE • WITH • SWOOPING • PINION • FLEW / • RAKING • HEDGEROW • TREES • AND • WET • / • HER • WING • IN • SILVER • STREAMS • AND • SET • / • SHINING • FOOT • ON • TEMPLE • ROOF • / • NOW • AGAIN • SHE • FLIES • ALOOF • / • COASTING • MOUNTAIN • CLOUDS • AND • KISS'T • / • BY • THE • EVENING'S • AMETHYST • / / • IN • WET • WOOD • AND • MIRY • LANE • / • STILL • WE • PANT • AND • POUND • IN • VAIN • / • STILL • WITH • LEADEN • FOOT • WE • CHASE • / • WANING • PINION • FAINTING • FACE • / • STILL • WITH • GREY • HAIR • WE • STUMBLE • ON • / • TILL • BEHOLD • THE • VISION • GONE • / / • WHERE • HATH • FLEETING • BEAUTY • LED • / • TO • THE • DOORWAY • OF • THE • DEAD • / / • LIFE • IS • OVER • LIFE • WAS • GAY • / • WE • HAVE • COME • THE • PRIMROSE • WAY • / • M • D • C • C • C • LXXXVII
