I'm bent and gnarled and grey,--
My life may not be long:
Yet let its crown of glory be
This child upon me knee.
(Baby Sitter)
More Quotes from Robert William Service:
But therein lies the hell of it;Better my eyes had never lit
to love of bluebells in a wood,
Or daffodils in dancing mood.
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So now I must live up to him
Who won on high
A lustre time will never dim;
Though coward I,
Let me revere till life be done
My hero son.
Robert William Service
Your smile is sweet - but what's behind?
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Peace seems to nestle in my brain.
Robert William Service
it's hard to guess
Which of the two were best to gain;
Home without Love is bitterness;
Love without Home is often pain.
Robert William Service
And none will dream it bore my name
Decades ago;
A scribbling fool of little fame,
Who loved life so.
Robert William Service
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