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| 2931. | Compassion by Robert William Service | | A beggar in the street I saw,
Who held a hand like withered claw,
As cold as clay;
But as I had no silver groat
To give, I buttoned up my... |
| 2932. | The Last Supper by Robert William Service | | Marie Vaux of the Painted Lips,
And the mouth so mocking gay,
A wanton you to the finger-tips,
Who break men's hearts in play;
A thing of dust I h... |
| 2933. | Prayer by Robert William Service | | You talk o' prayer an' such -
Well, I jest don't know how;
I guess I got as much
Religion as a cow.
I fight an' drink an' swear;
Red hell I often... |
| 2934. | The Philistine And The Bohemian by Robert William Service | | She was a Philistine spick and span,
He was a bold Bohemian.
She had the mode, and the last at that;
He had a cape and a brigand hat.
She was so r... |
| 2935. | The Haggis Of Private McPhee by Robert William Service | | "Hae ye heard whit ma auld mither's postit tae me?
It fair maks me hamesick," says Private McPhee.
"And whit did she send ye?" says Private McPhun,
... |
| 2936. | The Wee Shop by Robert William Service | | She risked her all, they told me, bravely sinking
The pinched economies of thirty years;
And there the little shop was, meek and shrinking,
The sum... |
| 2937. | The Petit Vieux by Robert William Service | | "Sow your wild oats in your youth," so we're always told;
But I say with deeper sooth: "Sow them when you're old."
I'll be wise till I'm about seven... |
| 2938. | Our Pote by Robert William Service | | A pote is sure a goofy guy;
He ain't got guts like you or I
To tell the score;
He ain't goy gumption 'nuff to know
The game of life's to g... |
| 2939. | An Epicure by Robert William Service | | Should you preserve white mice in honey
Don't use imported ones from China,
For though they cost you less in money
You'll find the Japanese ones fi... |
| 2940. | Pipe Smoker by Robert William Service | | Because I love the soothing weed
And am of sober type,
I'd choose me for a friend in need
A man who smokes a pipe.
A cove who ... |
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