Growing Old (Robert William Service Poems)
Somehow the skies don't seem so blue As they used to be; Blossoms have a fainter hue, Grass less green ...
Somehow the skies don't seem so blue As they used to be; Blossoms have a fainter hue, Grass less green ...
There's a race of men that don't fit in, A race that can't stay still; So they break the hearts ...
Cinderella in the street In a ragged gown, Sloven slippers on her feet, Shames our tidy town; Harsh her locks ...
To hell with Government I say; I'm sick of all the piddling pack. I'd like to scram, get clean away, ...
"Young fellow, listen to a friend: Beware of wedlock - 'tis a gamble, It's MAN who holds the losing end ...
A pencil, sir; a penny -- won't you buy? I'm cold and wet and tired, a sorry plight; Don't turn ...
Sitting in the dentist's chair, Wishing that I wasn't there, To forget and pass the time I have made this ...
O Teddy Bear! with your head awry And your comical twisted smile, You rub your eyes -- do you wonder ...
When I am old and worse for wear I want to buy a rocking-chair, And set it on a porch ...
I'd hate to be centipede (of legs I've only two), For if new trousers I should need (as oftentimes I ...
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