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Berried brake and reedy island, Heaven below and only heaven above.

From New Poems by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Berried brake and reedy island, Mirrored flower and shallop gliding by.

From New Poems by Stevenson, Robert Louis

We have loved of Yore Berried brake and reedy island 226 XIII.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Berried brake and reedy island, Heaven below, and only heaven above, Through the sky’s inverted azure Softly swam the boat that bore our love.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Berried brake and reedy island,    Heaven below, and only heaven above, Through the sky’s inverted azure    Softly swam the boat that bore our love.

From Songs of Travel by Stevenson, Robert Louis