Breton Wife (Robert William Service Poems)
A Wintertide we had been wed When Jan went off to sea; And now the laurel rose is red And ...
A Wintertide we had been wed When Jan went off to sea; And now the laurel rose is red And ...
Now Eddie Malone got a swell grammyfone to draw all the trade to his store; An' sez he: "Come along ...
Jack would laugh an' joke all day; Never saw a lad so gay; Singin' like a medder lark, Loaded to ...
From wrath-red dawn to wrath-red dawn, The guns have brayed without abate; And now the sick sun looks upon The ...
Why need we newer arms invent, Poor peoples to destroy? With what we have let's be content And perfect their ...
With barbwire hooch they filled him full, Till he was drunker than all hell, And then they peddled him the ...
We'd left the sea-gulls long behind, And we were almost in mid-ocean; The sky was soft and blue and kind, ...
Three gentlemen live close beside me -- A painter of pictures bizarre, A poet whose virtues might guide me, A ...
Ho! we were strong, we were swift, we were brave. Youth was a challenge, and Life was a fight. All ...
The waves have a story to tell me, As I lie on the lonely beach; Chanting aloft in the pine-tops, ...
I wish that I could understand The moving marvel of my Hand; I watch my fingers turn and twist, The ...
I know a garden where the lilies gleam, And one who lingers in the sunshine there; She is than white-stoled ...
I much admire, I must admit, The man who robs a Bank; It takes a lot of guts and grit, ...
A pote is sure a goofy guy; He ain't got guts like you or I To tell the score; He ...
Dusting my books I spent a busy day: Not ancient toes, time-hallowed and unread, but modern volumes, classics in their ...
Brave Thackeray has trolled of days when he was twenty-one, And bounded up five flights of stairs, a gallant garreteer; ...
I never kill a fly because I think that what we have of laws To regulate and civilize Our daily ...
Says I to my Missis: "Ba goom, lass! you've something I see, on your mind." Says she: "You are right, ...
I just think that dreams are best, Just to sit and fancy things; Give your gold no acid test, Try ...
Courage mes gars: La guerre est proche. I plant my little plot of beans, I sit beneath my cyprus tree; ...
They say that Monte Carlo is A sunny place for shady people; But I'm not in the gambling biz, And ...
Unto his housemaid spoke the Laird: "Tonight the Bishop is our guest; The spare room must be warmed and aired: ...
I Flat as a drum-head stretch the haggard snows; The mighty skies are palisades of light; The stars are blurred; ...
I look at no one, me; I pass them on the stair; Shadows! I don't see; Shadows! everywhere. Haunting, taunting, ...
In the shadow of the grave I will be brave; I'll smile,--I know I will E'er I be still; Because ...
I had a bitter enemy, His heart to hate he gave, And when I died he swore that he Would ...
It's easy to fight when everything's right, And you're mad with the thrill and the glory; It's easy to cheer ...
At school I never gained a prize, Proving myself the model ass; Yet how I watched the wistful eyes, And ...
Each day I live I thank the Lord I do the work I love; And in it find a rich ...
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