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| 2981. | Dram-Shop Ditty by Robert William Service | | I drink my fill of foamy ale
I sing a song, I tell a tale,
I play the fiddle;
My throat is chronically dry,
Yet savant of a sort am I,
And Life's... |
| 2982. | A Pot Of Tea by Robert William Service | | You make it in your mess-tin by the brazier's rosy gleam;
You watch it cloud, then settle amber clear;
You lift it with your bay'nit, and you sn... |
| 2983. | Post Office Romance by Robert William Service | | The lady at the corner wicket
Sold me a stamp, I stooped to lick it,
And on the envelope to stick it;
A spinster lacking girlish grace,
Yet sweetl... |
| 2984. | Jean Desprez by Robert William Service | | Oh ye whose hearts are resonant, and ring to War's romance,
Hear ye the story of a boy, a peasant boy of France;
A lad uncouth and warped with toil,... |
| 2985. | Procreation by Robert William Service | | It hurts my pride that I should be
The issue of a night of lust;
Yet even Bishops, you'll agree,
Obey the biologic 'must';
Though no dou... |
| 2986. | The Prisoner by Robert William Service | | Upspoke the culprit at the bar,
Conducting his own case:
'Your Lordship, I have gone to far,
But grant me of your grace.
As I ... |
| 2987. | The Prospector by Robert William Service | | I strolled up old Bonanza, where I staked in ninety-eight,
A-purpose to revisit the old claim.
I kept thinking mighty sadly of the funny ways of Fat... |
| 2988. | Pantheist by Robert William Service | | Lolling on a bank of thyme
Drunk with Spring I made this rhyme. . . .
Though peoples perish in defeat,
And races suffer to survive,
The sunshine... |
| 2989. | Jaloppy Joy by Robert William Service | | Past ash cans and alley cats,
Fetid. overflowing gutters,
Leprous lines of rancid flats
Where the frowsy linen flutters;
With a rattle and a jar,
... |
| 2990. | Grand-Pa's Whim by Robert William Service | | While for me gapes the greedy grave
It don't make sense
That I should have a crazy crave
To paint our fence.
Yet that is wha... |
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