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| 2871. | Spanish Women by Robert William Service | | The Spanish women don't wear slacks
Because their hips are too enormous.
'Tis true each bulbous bosom lacks
No inspiration that should warm us;
Bu... |
| 2872. | The Pencil Seller by Robert William Service | | A pencil, sir; a penny -- won't you buy?
I'm cold and wet and tired, a sorry plight;
Don't turn your back, sir; take one just to try;
I haven't mad... |
| 2873. | Sympathy by Robert William Service | | My Muse is simple,--yet it's nice
To think you don't need to think twice
On words I write.
I reckon I've a common touch
And if... |
| 2874. | The Pigeon Shooting by Robert William Service | | They say that Monte Carlo is
A sunny place for shady people;
But I'm not in the gambling biz,
And sober as a parish steeple.
so though this paradi... |
| 2875. | Highland Hospitality by Robert William Service | | Unto his housemaid spoke the Laird:
"Tonight the Bishop is our guest;
The spare room must be warmed and aired:
To please him we will do our best.
... |
| 2876. | The Trapper's Christmas Eve by Robert William Service | | It's mighty lonesome-like and drear.
Above the Wild the moon rides high,
And shows up sharp and needle-clear
The emptiness of earth and sky;
No ha... |
| 2877. | The Receptionist by Robert William Service | | France is the fairest land on earth,
Lovely to heart's desire,
And twice a year I span its girth,
Its beauty to admire.
But wh... |
| 2878. | Window Shopper by Robert William Service | | I stood before a candy shop
Which with a Christmas radiance shone;
I saw my parents pass and stop
To grin at me and then go on.
The sweets were he... |
| 2879. | Anti-Profanity by Robert William Service | | I do not swear because I am
A sweet and sober guy;
I cannot vent a single damn
However hard I try.
And in viruperative way,
Though I recall it we... |
| 2880. | Spanish Men by Robert William Service | | The Men of Seville are, they say,
The laziest of Spain.
Consummate artists in delay,
Allergical to strain;
Fr if you have a job for them,
And beg... |
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