OJR Posted April 7, 2007 Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 Other than the Canadians, how many of you have heard of Robert Service? He was a poet and 2 of his most famous poems are "The Cremation of Sam McGee" and the "The Shooting of Dan McGrew". I have a book of his poems that is dated 1907 entitled "The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses". Interesting stuff that he wrote! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted April 7, 2007 Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 Re: Just curious????? Nope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted April 7, 2007 Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 Re: Just curious????? [ QUOTE ] He was a poet and 2 of his most famous poems are "The Cremation of Sam McGee" and the "The Shooting of Dan McGrew". [/ QUOTE ] Cheery bunch of subject matter he worked with, eh? Never heard of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJR Posted April 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 Re: Just curious????? Here is the opening stanza of "The Shooting of Dan McGrew". A bunch of the boys were whooping it up in the Malamute saloon; The kid that handles the music-box was hitting a jag-time tune; Back of the bar, in a solo game, sat Dangerous Dan McGrew, And watching his luck was his light-o'-love, the lady that's known as Lou. The way he wrote these poems, a person can just picture the whole scene! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Colorado Bob Posted April 7, 2007 Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 Re: Just curious????? I'll look it up at the library. I really like those two. Thanks for the heads-up. CB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Finn Posted April 7, 2007 Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 Re: Just curious????? Sorry...never heard of him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarvDog Posted April 7, 2007 Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 Re: Just curious????? Not here either! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted April 7, 2007 Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 Re: Just curious????? Never have heard of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDAWG Posted April 7, 2007 Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 Re: Just curious????? Never heard of him... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted April 7, 2007 Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 Re: Just curious????? Nope, never heard of him Orlan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJR Posted April 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 Re: Just curious????? How about the Canadians? Buckee, he lived on Vancover Island for some time. Anything there about him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted April 7, 2007 Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 Re: Just curious????? [ QUOTE ] Other than the Canadians, how many of you have heard of Robert Service? [/ QUOTE ] I didn't say anything, because you told me not to...LOL Of course I've heard of him. I grew up on his stuff. We enjoyed reading his poetry in all our English classes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted April 7, 2007 Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 Re: Just curious????? His poems are what get me out of bed before the sun comes up, to get to my hunting spot. The Lure of Little Voices There's a cry from out the loneliness -- oh, listen, Honey, listen! Do you hear it, do you fear it, you're a-holding of me so? You're a-sobbing in your sleep, dear, and your lashes, how they glisten -- Do you hear the Little Voices all a-begging me to go? All a-begging me to leave you. Day and night they're pleading, praying, On the North-wind, on the West-wind, from the peak and from the plain; Night and day they never leave me -- do you know what they are saying? "He was ours before you got him, and we want him once again." Yes, they're wanting me, they're haunting me, the awful lonely places; They're whining and they're whimpering as if each had a soul; They're calling from the wilderness, the vast and God-like spaces, The stark and sullen solitudes that sentinel the Pole. They miss my little camp-fires, ever brightly, bravely gleaming In the womb of desolation, where was never man before; As comradeless I sought them, lion-hearted, loving, dreaming, And they hailed me as a comrade, and they loved me evermore. And now they're all a-crying, and it's no use me denying; The spell of them is on me and I'm helpless as a child; My heart is aching, aching, but I hear them, sleeping, waking; It's the Lure of Little Voices, it's the mandate of the Wild. I'm afraid to tell you, Honey, I can take no bitter leaving; But softly in the sleep-time from your love I'll steal away. Oh, it's cruel, dearie, cruel, and it's God knows how I'm grieving; But His loneliness is calling, and He knows I must obey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 Re: Just curious????? yep. i've read him some but find his brittish humor too dry. good, but dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandyjo62 Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 Re: Just curious????? Amazingly, I've heard of him. Our 4H book for cowboy poetry has "The Cremation of Sam McGee" in it, and on the cd that comes with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 Re: Just curious????? Never heard of him and I like the old Poems! Ill look his stuff up! Thanks.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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