Robert William Service
Born in January 16, 1874 / Died in September 11, 1958 / United Kingdom / English
Poems by Robert William Service
The Headliner And The Breadliner
... Puff his perfecto, swill champagne, and sway ...
Retired Shopman
... And thought: Alas for you, my friend!and every day I see him stop ...
The Parson's Son
... ched in the snow the hungry huskies moan:"I'm one of the Arctic brotherhood, I'm an old-time pioneer ...
The Visionary
... There--as amid the crass and crush ...
Distracted Druggist
... I sold you strychnine by mistake ...
Athabaska Dick
... And in haste he slipped, or in fear he tripped, but -- Dick in warning roared -- ...
Erico
... Who with their weird hormones inhuman ...
The Scribe's Prayer
... Lord, have I trailed Thy glory in the mire!E'en as a toper from the dram-shop reeling, ...
The Ballad Of The Brand
... He shall seek the caves and the shroud of night, and the fellowship of the beast ...
A Canvas For A Crust
... . . How people laughed at them!He peddled paint from bar to bar ...
My Foe
... . . . Oh, how horrible Death is!How I wish that he would die! ...
Cocotte
... You should have seen them: they'd slipped death's clutches, ...
The Low-Down White
... And I know at the dawn she'll come reeling home with the bottles, one, two, three -- ...
The Yukoner
... And there in six-foot dirt he struck ...
The Younger Son
... When the sunlight threads the pine-gloom he is fighting might and main ...
