Robert William Service
Born in January 16, 1874 / Died in September 11, 1958 / United Kingdom / English
Poems by Robert William Service
The Learner
... I've learned--the worth of simple ways, ...
Dumb Swede
... " And though he don't know what it means, ...
At The Golden Pig
... Where once with lads I scoffed my beer ...
The Lure Of Little Voices
... You're a-sobbing in your sleep, dear, and your lashes, how they glisten -- ...
Five-Per-Cent
... Whose wife and children toil in urn until their strength is spent, ...
Jobson Of The Star
... . . . . . . .In haggard lands where ages brood, on plains burnt out and dim, ...
The Three Tommies
... . . Well, who shall say that they failed!No, each did a Something Grander than ever he dreamed to do ...
Resolutions
... Hopes may be wrecked so that we rue them ...
Convicts Love Canaries
... . . Oh how he cheered me with his mirth!Dick's dead! I know he cared for me ...
Room 5: The Concert Singer
... Let those who will indulge in strife, ...
The Twins Of Lucky Strike
... "Say, boys, ain't they a purty sight, as like's a pair o' pins-- ...
Ripeness
... To God!With passion spent ...
The Blind And The Dead
... God! it was still, that place!He raised the head of the careless Dead ...
Annuitant
... And crunch my toast and think of things ...
The Ballad Of How Macpherson Held The Floor
... Yea, there were those who grunt: "Ya! Ya!" and those who squeak: "We! We!" ...
