Poetic Openings : Robert William Service to Robert William Service

Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : Belated Conscience : First Line : To buy for school a copy-book
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : Benjamin Franklin : First Line : Franklin fathered bastards fourteen,
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : Bessie's Boil : First Line : A Lancashire Ballad
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : Bill The Bomber : First Line : The poppies gleamed like bloody pools through cotton-woolly mist;
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : Bill's Grave : First Line : I’m gatherin’ flowers by the wayside to lay on the grave of Bill;

Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : Bill's Prayer : First Line : I never thought that Bill could say
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : Bindle Stiff : First Line : When I was brash and gallant-gay
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : Bingo : First Line : The daughter of the village Maire
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : Bird Sanctuary : First Line : Between the cliff-rise and the beach
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : Bird Watcher : First Line : In Wall Street once a potent power,