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The Old Man · 05-07-2008, 07:15 AM

This was Service’s second book of verse published in 1909. All the poems concern the Yukon Gold Rush of 1896-98.

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's human-true--it hits me right";
Then will I count this loving toil well spent;
Then will I dream awhile--content, content.
Last stanza, To the men of the High North.

05-07-2008, 07:15 AM	#1
The Old Man Fanatic Posts: 525 Karma: 1300001 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Keene, New Hampshire Device: iPad Mini, iPad Pro, Fire 8", iPhone, PaperWhite 2	Service, Robert W.: Ballads of a Cheechako. V1. 7 May 2008 This was Service’s second book of verse published in 1909. All the poems concern the Yukon Gold Rush of 1896-98. 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's human-true--it hits me right"; Then will I count this loving toil well spent; Then will I dream awhile--content, content. Last stanza, To the men of the High North.