|
| Search results for: p | Found 8786 Poems |
| 2891. | Epitaph by Robert William Service | | No matter how he toil and strive
The fate of every man alive
With luck will be to lie alone,
His empty name cut in a stone.
Grim time the faires... |
| 2892. | Profane Poet by Robert William Service | | Oh how it would enable me
To titillate my vanity
If you should choose to label me
A Poet of Profanity!
For I've been known with vulgar s... |
| 2893. | Schizophrenic by Robert William Service | | Each morning as I catch my bus,
A-fearing I'll be late,
I think: there are in all of us
Two folks quite separate;
As one I greet the office staff
... |
| 2894. | The Passing Of The Year by Robert William Service | | My glass is filled, my pipe is lit,
My den is all a cosy glow;
And snug before the fire I sit,
And wait to feel the old year go.
I dedic... |
| 2895. | Agnostic Apology by Robert William Service | | I am a stout materialist;
With abstract terms I can't agree,
And so I've made a little list
Of words that don't make sense to me.
To fool my reaso... |
| 2896. | The Ape And I by Robert William Service | | Said a monkey unto me:
"How I'm glad I am not you!
See, I swing from tree to tree,
Something that you cannot do.
In gay greenery I drown;
Swift t... |
| 2897. | Poor Peter by Robert William Service | | Blind Peter Piper used to play
All up and down the city;
I'd often meet him on my way,
And throw a coin for pity.
But all amid his sparkling tones... |
| 2898. | The Sceptic by Robert William Service | | My Father Christmas passed away
When I was barely seven.
At twenty-one, alack-a-day,
I lost my hope of heaven.
Yet not in either lies the curse:... |
| 2899. | Premonition by Robert William Service | | 'Twas a year ago and the moon was bright
(Oh, I remember so well, so well);
I walked with my love in a sea of light,
And the voice of my sw... |
| 2900. | The Spirit Of The Unborn Babe by Robert William Service | | The Spirit of the Unborn Babe peered through the window-pane,
Peered through the window-pane that glowed like beacon in the night;
For, oh, the sky ... |
|
