Who is Robert Service
Robert William Service (January 16, 1874 – September 11, 1958) was a British-Canadian poet and writer, often called "the Bard of the Yukon". The middle name 'William' was in honour of a rich uncle. When that uncle neglected to provide for him in his will, Service dropped the middle name.Born in Lancashire of Scottish descent, he was a bank clerk by trade, but spent long periods travelling in the west in the United States and Canada, often in poverty. When his bank sent him to the Yukon, he was inspired by tales of the Klondike Gold Rush, and wrote two poems, "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee", which showed remarkable authenticity from an author with no experience of gold-mining, and enjoyed immediate popularity. Encouraged by this, he quickly wrote more poems ...Read Full Biography of Robert Service
Robert Service Poems
- Your Poem
My poem may be yours indeed
In melody and tone,
If in its rhythm you can read
A music of your own;... - Young Mother
Her baby was so full of glee,
And through the day
It laughed and babbled on her knee
In happy play.... - Young Fellow My Lad
“Where are you going, Young Fellow My Lad,
On this glittering morn of May?”
“I'm going to join the Colours, Dad;
They're looking for men, they say.”... - You Can't Can Love
I don't know how the fishes feel, but I can't help thinking it odd,
That a gay young flapper of a female eel should fall in love with a cod.
Yet-that's exactly what she did and it only goes to prove,
That' what evr you do you can't put the lid on that crazy feeling Love. ... - You And Me
I'm part of people I have known
And they are part of me;
The seeds of thought that I have sown
In other minds I see....
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Life 292 God 292 Never 266 Heart 259 Love 233 I Love You 233 Night 210 Away 193 Joy 176 Good 165Robert Service Quotes
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Mortgage_shop: 32 mortgage deals for £229,000 were just what robert needed from us - have a look here:Ron_eisele: died aged 47 years on 29 march 1938 in czechoslovakia, 5 victory french air service ace with n62, sous lieutenant marcel robert leopold bloch.
Georgia_ag: honored to join in celebrating the unveiling of the portrait of former chief justice robert benham, whose personal story of courage and triumph continues to inspire us all. georgia is a better place because of his service as a jurist and his impact on the legal profession.
Random_factor: *walks into the room* excuse me, but the head of the fbi over there? that's robert patrick, he doesn't play good guys. arrest him. oh my god you have neil mcdonough as the head of the secret service ma'am you need to come with me right away you are in danger
Lakapitano: the awakening. a local newspaper in mbarara has claimed that the mayor robert kakyebezi and his council spend most of the time roaming around the country and having endless parties instead of focusing on service delivery to the people that voted him into power. thoughts...
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Mary walsh:
the three bares -
vulgar .what a waste of talent!
Dante Lanzetta: I must have misremembered a closing line from a Service poem as: "And it was moonlight all the way." I've searched on it with no luck. If anyone knows the poem and title, I'd love to find it.
Dick wiklund: His works have fill in the true fleeing of my life .
mike brill: The Greatest of all.
