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- "A promise made is a debt unpaid." "Ah! the clock is always slow; It is later than you think." "Avoid extremes: be moderate In saving and in spending; An equable and easy gait Will win an easy ending." "Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things.
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- “There's a race of men that don't fit in, A race that can't sit still; So they break the hearts of kith and kin, And they roam the world at will. They range the field and rove the flood,
- “The Wanderlust has got me... by the belly-aching fire” ― Robert W. Service, Rhymes of a Rolling Stone.
- “Some praise the Lord for Light, The living spark; I thank God for the Night. The healing dark.” ― Robert William Service.
- “Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out - it's the grain of sand in your shoe.”
A prolific writer and poet, Service published numerous collections of poetry during his lifetime, including Songs of a Sourdough or Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses (1907), which went into ten printings its first year, Ballad of a Cheechako (1909) and Ballads of a Bohemian (1921), as well as two autobiographies and six novels.
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Robert William Service (16 January 1874 – 11 September 1958) was a Scottish-Canadian poet and writer, often called "the Bard of the Yukon". Born in Lancashire of Scottish descent, he was a bank clerk by trade, but spent long periods travelling in the west in the United States and Canada, often in poverty.
The Spell of the Yukon. By Robert W. Service. I wanted the gold, and I sought it; I scrabbled and mucked like a slave. Was it famine or scurvy — I fought it; I hurled my youth into a grave. I wanted the gold, and I got it — . Came out with a fortune last fall, —. Yet somehow life’s not what I thought it,
Analysis (ai): In "The Shooting of Dan McGrew", Robert W. Service paints a vivid scene of a barroom brawl, exploring themes of loneliness, despair, and betrayal. The poem's haunting melody and evocative imagery transport the reader to the icy landscapes of the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush.
