Poetic Openings : Robert William Service to Robert William Service

Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : Adoption : First Line : Because I was a woman lone
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : Adventure : First Line : Out of the wood my White Knight came:
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : Afternoon Tea : First Line : As I was saying . . . (No, thank you; I never take cream with my tea;
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : Agnostic : First Line : The chapel looms against the sky,
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : Agnostic Apology : First Line : I am a stout materialist;

Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : Alias Bill : First Line : We bore him to his boneyard lot
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : Allouette : First Line : Singing larks I saw for sale—
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : Alpine Holiday : First Line : He took the grade in second—quite a climb,
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : Amateur Poet : First Line : You see that sheaf of slender books
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : Ambition : First Line : They brought the mighty chief to town;