Poetic Openings : Robert William Service to Robert William Service

Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : Dumb Swede : First Line : With barbwire hooch they filled him full,
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : Dunce : First Line : At school I never gained a prize,
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : Dylan : First Line : And is it not a gesture grand
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : Dyspeptic Clerk : First Line : I think I’ll buy a little field,
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : Each Day A Life : First Line : I count each day a little life,

Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : Eighty Not Out : First Line : In the gay, gleamy morn I adore to go walking,
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : Einstein : First Line : A little mousey man he was
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : Elementalist : First Line : Could Fate ordain a lot for me
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : Enemy Conscript : First Line : What are we fighting for,
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : Epitaph : First Line : No matter how he toil and strive