Bird Sanctuary (Robert William Service Poems)
Between the cliff-rise and the beach A slip of emerald I own; With fig and olive, almond, peach, cherry and ...
Between the cliff-rise and the beach A slip of emerald I own; With fig and olive, almond, peach, cherry and ...
In London City I evade For charming Burlington Arcade - For thee in youth I met a maid By name ...
I am the Cannon King, behold! I perish on a throne of gold. With forest far and turret high, Renowned ...
"Deny your God!" they ringed me with their spears; Blood-crazed were they, and reeking from the strife; Hell-hot their hate, ...
I was Mojeska's leading man And famous parts I used to play, But now I do the best I can ...
To me at night the stars are vocal. They say: 'Your planet's oh so local! A speck of dust in ...
Our cowman, old Ed, hadn't much in his head, And lots of folks though him a witling; But he wasn't ...
"But it isn't playing the game," he said, And he slammed his books away; "The Latin and Greek I've got ...
I cannot flap a flag Or beat a drum; Behind the mob I lag With larynx dumb; Alas! I fear ...
Now wouldn't you expect to find a man an awful crank That's staked out nigh three hundred claims, and every ...
A prisoner speaks: Majority of twenty-three, I face the Judge with joy and glee; For am I not a lucky ...
My Daddy used to wallop me for every small offense: "Its takes a hair-brush back," said he, "to teach kids ...
Within a pub that's off the Strand and handy to the bar, With pipe in mouth and mug in hand ...
For failure I was well equipped And should have come to grief, By atavism grimly gripped, A fool beyond belief. ...
I'm one of these haphazard chaps Who sit in cafes drinking; A most improper taste, perhaps, Yet pleasant, to my ...
He dreamed away his hours in school; He sat with such an absent air, The master reckoned him a fool, ...
Gold! We leapt from our benches. Gold! We sprang from our stools. Gold! We wheeled in the furrow, fired with ...
"Black is the sky, but the land is white-- (O the wind, the snow and the storm!)-- Father, where is ...
Nurse, won't you let him in? He's barkin' an' scratchen' the door, Makin' so dreffel a din I jest can't ...
I don't know how the fishes feel, but I can't help thinking it odd, That a gay young flapper of ...
The red-roofed house of dream design Looks three ways on the sea; For fifty years I've made it mine, And ...
When the long, long day is over, and the Big Boss gives me my pay, I hope that it won't ...
It's fine to have a blow-out in a fancy restaurant, With terrapin and canvas-back and all the wine you want; ...
Up in my garret bleak and bare I tilted back on my broken chair, And my three old pals were ...
The Dreamer visioned Life as it might be, And from his dream forthright a picture grew, A painting all the ...
What I seek far yet seldom find Is large simplicity of mind In fellow men; For I have sprouted from ...
Mad Maria in the Square Sits upon a wicker chair. When the keeper asks the price Mad Maria counts her ...
God gave you guts: don't let Him down; Brace up, be worthy of His giving. The road's a rut, the ...
I asked of ancient gaffers three The way of their ripe living, And this is what they told to me ...
The songs I made from joy of earth In wanton wandering, Are rapturous with Maytime mirth And ectasy of Spring. ...
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