New Year’s Eve (Robert William Service Poems)
It's cruel cold on the water-front, silent and dark and drear; Only the black tide weltering, only the hissing snow; ...
It's cruel cold on the water-front, silent and dark and drear; Only the black tide weltering, only the hissing snow; ...
They say that Monte Carlo is A sunny place for shady people; But I'm not in the gambling biz, And ...
Unto his housemaid spoke the Laird: "Tonight the Bishop is our guest; The spare room must be warmed and aired: ...
I have done with love and lust, I reck not for gold or fame; I await familiar dust These frail ...
The daughter of the village Maire Is very fresh and very fair, A dazzling eyeful; She throws upon me such ...
I've made my Will. I don't believe In luxury and wealth; And to those loving ones who grieve My age ...
I envy not those gay galoots Who count on dying in their boots; For that, to tell the sober truth ...
Wars have been and wars will be Till the human race is run; Battles red by land and sea, Never ...
Some inherit manly beauty, Some come into worldly wealth; Some have lofty sense of duty, Others boast exultant health. Though ...
Someone's Mother trails the street Wrapt in rotted rags; Broken slippers on her feet Drearily she drags; Drifting in the ...
My mother she had children five and four are dead and gone; While I, least worthy to survive, persist in ...
I just think that dreams are best, Just to sit and fancy things; Give your gold no acid test, Try ...
Let laureates sing with rapturous swing Of the wonder and glory of work; Let pulpiteers preach and with passion impeach ...
O Teddy Bear! with your head awry And your comical twisted smile, You rub your eyes -- do you wonder ...
A bonny bird I found today Mired in a melt of tar; Its silky breast was silver-grey, Its wings were ...
It's mighty lonesome-like and drear. Above the Wild the moon rides high, And shows up sharp and needle-clear The emptiness ...
When I go on my morning walk, Because I'm mild, If I be in the mood to talk I choose ...
I've often wondered why Old chaps who choose to die In evil passes, Before themselves they slay, Invariably they Take ...
O meadow lark, so wild and free, It cannot be, it cannot be, That men to merchandise your spell Do ...
I stood beside the silken rope, Five dollars in my hand, And waited in my patient hope To sit anear ...
Just Home and Love! the words are small Four little letters unto each; And yet you will not find in ...
The Elders of the Tribe were grouped And squatted in the Council Cave; They seemed to be extremely pooped, And ...
Bob Briggs went in for Government, And helps to run the State; Some day they say he'll represent His party ...
It's a mighty good world, so it is, dear lass, When even the worst is said. There's a smile and ...
Of all the boys with whom I fought In Africa and Sicily, Bill was the bravest of the lot In ...
If I could practise what I preach, Of fellows there would few be finer; If I were true to what ...
It isn't the foe that we fear; It isn't the bullets that whine; It isn't the business career Of a ...
I'd hate to be centipede (of legs I've only two), For if new trousers I should need (as oftentimes I ...
If starry space no limit knows And sun succeeds to sun, There is no reason to suppose Our earth the ...
The Men of Seville are, they say, The laziest of Spain. Consummate artists in delay, Allergical to strain; Fr if ...
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