Ballads of a Cheechako - Softcover
My rhymes are rough, and often in my rhyming Ive drifted, silver-sailed, on seas of dream, Hearing afar the bells of Elfland chiming, Seeing the groves of A rcadie a gleam. I was the thrall of Beauty that rejoices From peak snow-diademed to regal star; Yet to mine aerie ever pierced the voices, The pregnant voices of the Things That A re. The Here, the Now, the vast Forlorn around us; The gold-delirium, the ferine strife; The lusts that lure us on, the hates that hound us; Our red rags in the patch-work quilt of Life. The nameless men who nameless rivers travel, And in strange valleys greet strange deaths alone; The grim, intrepid ones who would unravel The mysteries that shroud the Polar Zone. These will I sing, and if one of you linger Over my pages in the Long, Long Night, And on some lone line lay a calloused finger, Saying: It shuman-true it hits me right; Then will I count this loving toil well spent; Then will I dream awhile content, content.
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Robert W. Service (1874-1958) was born in Preston, Lancashire, England, and came to Canada in 1895, eventually ending up in Yukon Territory in 1904, five years after the Klondike Gold Rush. His many books include the poetry collection "The Songs of a Sourdough", the novel "The Trail of '98", and the autobiography "Ploughman of the Moon". Service later moved to France, where he died.
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. In Very Good Used Condition. May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges. For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. ~ Service, The Celebrated Bard Of The Yukon, Is Most Remembered For His Tales Of The Shooting Of Dan Mcgrew, The Cremation Of Sam Mcgee, The Harpy, The Spell Of The Yukon. During Wwi He Worked As A Stretcher Bearer And Ambulance Driver With The Ambulance Corps Of The American Red Cross. Seller Inventory # 008987
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Toronto. Mcgraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. No date but post ISBN dating c. 1970. Originally published in 1909. Green boards with gilt spine titles and extremely minor wear. Gift inscription to ffep otherwise a clean bright fine copy. Illustrated dust wrapper which is a little rubbed at spine ends and has some minor brown marking at the bottom rear edge. Service's rollicking poetry of the Canadian North. Seller Inventory # DEC8.21010
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