The Man Who Knew (Robert William Service Poems)
The Dreamer visioned Life as it might be, And from his dream forthright a picture grew, A painting all the ...
The Dreamer visioned Life as it might be, And from his dream forthright a picture grew, A painting all the ...
O dear little cabin, I've loved you so long, And now I must bid you good-bye! I've filled you with ...
Ever in the ebb and flow Of my dreams that come and go, Reader, I have you in mind, Humbly ...
In the little Crimson Manual it's written plain and clear That who would wear the scarlet coat shall say good-bye ...
Oh ye whose hearts are resonant, and ring to War's romance, Hear ye the story of a boy, a peasant ...
He dreamed away his hours in school; He sat with such an absent air, The master reckoned him a fool, ...
Have ever you heard of the Land of Beyond, That dreams at the gates of the day? Alluring it lies ...
"The North has got him." --Yukonism. I tried to refine that neighbor of mine, honest to God, I did. I ...
I strolled up old Bonanza, where I staked in ninety-eight, A-purpose to revisit the old claim. I kept thinking mighty ...
I took a contract to bury the body of blasphemous Bill MacKie, Whenever, wherever or whatsoever the manner of death ...
I had a dream, a dream of dread: I thought that horror held the house; A burglar bent above my ...
Heed me, feed me, I am hungry, I am red-tongued with desire; Boughs of balsam, slabs of cedar, gummy fagots ...
On the ragged edge of the world I'll roam, And the home of the wolf shall be my home, And ...
Is it not strange? A year ago to-day, With scarce a thought beyond the hum-drum round, I did my decent ...
I love the cheery bustle Of children round the house, The tidy maids a-hustle, The chatter of my spouse; The ...
The cruel war was over -- oh, the triumph was so sweet! We watched the troops returning, through our tears; ...
When the long, long day is over, and the Big Boss gives me my pay, I hope that it won't ...
She'd bring to me a skein of wool And beg me to hold out my hands; so on my pipe ...
Because I have ten thousand pounds I sit upon my stern, And leave my living tranquilly for other folks to ...
Time, the Jester, jeers at you; Your life's a fleeting breath; Your birthday's flimsy I.O.U. To that old devil, Death. ...
My rhymes are rough, and often in my rhyming I've drifted, silver-sailed, on seas of dream, Hearing afar the bells ...
Out of the night a crash, A roar, a rampart of light; A flame that leaped like a lash, Searing ...
Of course you've heard of the Nancy Lee, and how she sailed away On her famous quest of the Arctic ...
Day after day behold me plying My pen within an office drear; The dullest dog, till homeward hieing, Then lo! ...
Light up your pipe again, old chum, and sit awhile with me; I've got to watch the bannock bake -- ...
The man above was a murderer, the man below was a thief; And I lay there in the bunk between, ...
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 ...
He gives me such a bold and curious look, That young American across the way, As if he'd like to ...
It's slim and trim and bound in blue; Its leaves are crisp and edged with gold; Its words are simple, ...
I wonder 'oo and wot 'e was, That 'Un I got so slick. I couldn't see 'is face because The ...
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