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. ...
What do they matter, our headlong hates, when we take the toll of our Dead? Think ye our glory and ...
Three score and ten, the psalmist saith, And half my course is well-nigh run; I've had my flout at dusty ...
I never could imagine God: I don't suppose I ever will. Beside His altar fire I nod With senile drowsiness ...
That scathing word I used in scorn (Though half a century ago) Comes back to me this April morn, Like ...
Being a writer I receive Sweet screeds from folk of every land; Some are so weird you'd scarce believe, And ...
I asked a silver sage With race nigh run: 'Tell me in old of age Your wisdom won?' Said he: ...
A Belgian Priest-Soldier Speaks; GURR! You cochon! Stand and fight! Show your mettle! Snarl and bite! Spawn of an accursed ...
I gave an eye to save from night A babe born blind; And now with eager semi-sight Vast joy I ...
I asked of ancient gaffers three The way of their ripe living, And this is what they told to me ...
Young man, gather gold and gear, they will wear you well; You can thumb your nose at fear, Wish the ...
Ho! we were strong, we were swift, we were brave. Youth was a challenge, and Life was a fight. All ...
Ma tried to wash her garden slacks but couldn't get 'em clean And so she thought she'd soak 'em in ...
An Englishman was Thomas Paine Who bled for liberty; But while his fight was far from vain He died in ...
Up from the evil day Of wattle and of woad, Along man's weary way Dark Pain has been the goad. ...
If on water and sweet bread Seven years I'll add to life, For me will no blood be shed, No ...
Before I drink myself to death, God, let me finish up my Book! At night, I fear, I fight for ...
Because I love the soothing weed And am of sober type, I'd choose me for a friend in need A ...
I saw the Greatest Man on Earth, Aye, saw him with my proper eyes. A loin-cloth spanned his proper girth, ...
Said he: "I'll dive deep in the Past, And write a book of direful days When summer skies were overcast ...
If she met him or he met her, I knew that something must occur; For they were just like flint ...
Oh if it were not for my wife And family increase, How gladly would I close my life In monastery ...
The cruel war was over -- oh, the triumph was so sweet! We watched the troops returning, through our tears; ...
Is it because I'm bent and grey, Though wearing rather well, That I can slickly get away With all the ...
With peace and rest And wisdom sage, Ripeness is best Of every age. With hands that fold In pensive prayer, ...
Each sunny day upon my way A goat I pass; He has a beard of silver grey, A bell of ...
"Miss Rosemary," I dourly said, "Our balance verges on the red, We must cut down our overhead. One of the ...
Somehow the skies don't seem so blue As they used to be; Blossoms have a fainter hue, Grass less green ...
With belly like a poisoned pup Said I: 'I must give bacon up: And also, I profanely fear, I must ...
Since all that is was ever bound to be; Since grim, eternal laws our Being bind; And both the riddle ...
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