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| 3011. | The Palace by Robert William Service | | Grimy men with picks and shovels
Who in darkness sweat unseen,
Climb from out your lousy hovels,
Build a palace for the Queen;
Praise th... |
| 3012. | The Pines by Robert William Service | | We sleep in the sleep of ages, the bleak, barbarian pines;
The gray moss drapes us like sages, and closer we lock our lines,
And deeper we clutch th... |
| 3013. | Little Puddleton by Robert William Service | | I
Let others sing of Empire and of pomp beyond the sea,
A song of Little Puddleton is good enough for me,
A song of kindly living, and of coming ... |
| 3014. | My Chapel by Robert William Service | | In idle dream with pipe in hand
I looked across the Square,
And saw the little chapel stand
In eloquent despair.
A ruin of the War it wa... |
| 3015. | Pavement Poet by Robert William Service | | God's truth! these be the bitter times.
In vain I sing my sheaf of rhymes,
And hold my battered hat for dimes.
And then a copper collars me,
Bar... |
| 3016. | A Plea by Robert William Service | | Why need we newer arms invent,
Poor peoples to destroy?
With what we have let's be content
And perfect their employ.
With weapons that m... |
| 3017. | Florentine Pilgrim by Robert William Service | | "I'll do the old dump in a day,"
He told me in his brittle way.
"Two more, I guess, I'll give to Rome
Before I hit the trail for home;
But while I... |
| 3018. | Prelude by Robert William Service | | In youth I gnawed life's bitter rind
And shared the rugged lot
Of fellows rude and unrefined,
Frustrated and forgot;
And now alas! it is too late
... |
| 3019. | Retired Shopman by Robert William Service | | He had the grocer's counter-stoop,
That little man so grey and neat;
His moustache had a doleful droop,
He hailed me in the slushy street.
"I've s... |
| 3020. | The Parson's Son by Robert William Service | | This is the song of the parson's son, as he squats in his shack alone,
On the wild, weird nights, when the Northern Lights shoot up from the frozen z... |
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