Henry (Robert William Service Poems)
Mary and I were twenty-two When we were wed; A well-matched pair, right smart to view The town's folk said. ...
Mary and I were twenty-two When we were wed; A well-matched pair, right smart to view The town's folk said. ...
I was Mojeska's leading man And famous parts I used to play, But now I do the best I can ...
Father drank himself to death,-- Quite enjoyed it. Urged to draw a sober breath He'd avoid it. 'Save your sympathy,' ...
There's a drip of honeysuckle in the deep green lane; There's old Martin jogging homeward on his worn old wain; ...
In Mike Maloney's Nugget bar the hooch was flowin' free, An' One-eyed Mike was shakin' dice wi' Montreal Maree, An ...
Ruins in Rome are four a penny, And here along the Appian Way I see the monuments of many Esteemed ...
All day long when the shells sail over I stand at the sandbags and take my chance; But at night, ...
I There was Claw-fingered Kitty and Windy Ike living the life of shame, When unto them in the Long, Long ...
I Let others sing of Empire and of pomp beyond the sea, A song of Little Puddleton is good enough ...
In idle dream with pipe in hand I looked across the Square, And saw the little chapel stand In eloquent ...
'Twas up in a land long famed for gold, where women were far and rare, Tellus, the smith, had taken ...
When first I left Blighty they gave me a bay'nit And told me it 'ad to be smothered wiv gore; ...
I am the Cannon King, behold! I perish on a throne of gold. With forest far and turret high, Renowned ...
We couldn't sit and study for the law; The stagnation of a bank we couldn't stand; For our riot blood ...
Ma tried to wash her garden slacks but couldn't get 'em clean And so she thought she'd soak 'em in ...
I've got a little job on 'and, the time is drawin' nigh; At seven by the Captain's watch I'm due ...
Light up your pipe again, old chum, and sit awhile with me; I've got to watch the bannock bake -- ...
Tell me, Tramp, where I may go To be free from human woe; Say where I may hope to find ...
Brave Thackeray has trolled of days when he was twenty-one, And bounded up five flights of stairs, a gallant garreteer; ...
You've heard of Julot the apache, and Gigolette, his mome. . . . Montmartre was their hunting-ground, but Belville was ...
Time, the Jester, jeers at you; Your life's a fleeting breath; Your birthday's flimsy I.O.U. To that old devil, Death. ...
We're taking Marie Toro to her home in Père-La-Chaise; We're taking Marie Toro to her last resting-place. Behold! her hearse ...
(The Dark Side) My mind goes back to Fumin Wood, and how we stuck it out, Eight days of hunger, ...
I wonder if successful men Are always happy? And do they sing with gusto when Springtime is sappy? Although I ...
I'm part of people I have known And they are part of me; The seeds of thought that I have ...
Just think! some night the stars will gleam Upon a cold, grey stone, And trace a name with silver beam, ...
Of course you've heard of the Nancy Lee, and how she sailed away On her famous quest of the Arctic ...
You see that sheaf of slender books Upon the topmost shelf, At which no browser ever looks, Because they're by ...
Though elegance I ill afford, My living-room is green and gold; The former tenant was a lord Who died of ...
Of all the meals that glad my day My morning one's the best; Purveyed me on a silver tray, Immaculately ...
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