Poetic Openings : Robert William Service to Robert William Service
Poet : Robert William Service :
Poem : The Sightless Man :
First Line : Out of the night a crash,
Poet : Robert William Service :
Poem : The Silent Ones :
First Line : I’m just an ordinary chap
Poet : Robert William Service :
Poem : The Smoking Frog :
First Line : Three men I saw beside a bar,
Poet : Robert William Service :
Poem : The Sniper :
First Line : Because back home in Tennessee
Poet : Robert William Service :
Poem : The Soldier Of Fortune :
First Line : “Deny your God!” they ringed me with their spears;
Poet : Robert William Service :
Poem : The Song Of The Camp-fire :
First Line : Heed me, feed me, I am hungry, I am red-tongued with desire;
Poet : Robert William Service :
Poem : The Song Of The Mouth-organ :
First Line : (With apologies to the singer of the “Song of the Banjo”.)
Poet : Robert William Service :
Poem : The Song Of The Pacifist :
First Line : What do they matter, our headlong hates, when we take the toll of our Dead?
Poet : Robert William Service :
Poem : The Song Of The Soldier-born :
First Line : Give me the scorn of the stars and a peak defiant;
Poet : Robert William Service :
Poem : The Song Of The Wage-slave :
First Line : 1 When the long, long day is over, and the Big Boss gives me my pay,
