Munition Maker (Robert William Service Poems)
I am the Cannon King, behold! I perish on a throne of gold. With forest far and turret high, Renowned ...
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 ...
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 ...
"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. ...
"Sow your wild oats in your youth," so we're always told; But I say with deeper sooth: "Sow them when ...
A pote is sure a goofy guy; He ain't got guts like you or I To tell the score; He ...
I Let others sing of gold and gear, the joy of being rich; But oh, the days when I was ...
To-day within a grog-shop near I saw a newly captured linnet, Who beat against his cage in fear, And fell ...
Each sunny day upon my way A goat I pass; He has a beard of silver grey, A bell of ...
Give me the scorn of the stars and a peak defiant; Wail of the pines and a wind with the ...
"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 ...
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