Robert W. Service
Robert W. Service
Robert William Servicewas a British-Canadian poet and writer who has often been called "the Bard of the Yukon". He is best known for his poems "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee", from his first book, Songs of a Sourdough. His vivid descriptions of the Yukon and its people made it seem that he was a veteran of the Klondike gold rush, instead of the late-arriving bank clerk he actually was. "These humorous tales in verse...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth16 January 1874
anger climbing shoes
It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe.
winning race quiet
It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones who win in the lifelong race.
being-strong law yukon
This is the law of the Yukon, that only the strong shall thrive; that surely the weak shall perish, and only the fit survive.
music stars night
Then you've a hunch what the music meant . . . hunger and night and the stars.
healing dark night
Some praise the Lord for Light, The living spark; I thank God for the Night The healing dark.
yukon littles remember
I remember little of the Yukon or what I wrote there.
cheer believe fighting
Carry on! Carry on! Fight the good fight and true; Believe in you mission, greet life with a cheer;