Poetic Openings : Robert William Service to Robert William Service

Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : The Atavist : First Line : What are you doing here, Tom Thorne, on the white top-knot o’ the world,
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : The Auction Sale : First Line : Her little head just topped the window-sill;
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : The Baldness Of Chewed-ear : First Line : When Chewed-ear Jenkins got hitched up to Guinneyveer McGee,
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : The Ballad Of Blasphemous Bill : First Line : I took a contract to bury the body of blasphemous Bill MacKie,
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : The Ballad Of Casey's Billy-goat : First Line : You’ve heard of “Casey at The Bat,”

Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : The Ballad Of Gum-boot Ben : First Line : He was an old prospector with a vision bleared and dim.
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : The Ballad Of Hank The Finn : First Line : Now Fireman Flynn met Hank the Finn where lights of Lust-land glow;
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : The Ballad Of Hard-luck Henry : First Line : Now wouldn’t you expect to find a man an awful crank
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : The Ballad Of How Macpherson Held The Floor : First Line : Said President MacConnachie to Treasurer MacCall:
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : The Ballad Of Lenin's Tomb : First Line : This is the yarn he told me