Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850–1894). A Child’s Garden of Verses and Underwoods. 1913.

XIX. Katharine

WE see you as we see a face

That trembles in a forest place

Upon the mirror of a pool

Forever quiet, clear and cool;

And in the wayward glass, appears

To hover between smiles and tears,

Elfin and human, airy and true,

And backed by the reflected blue.