Songs of a Sourdough - Poetry Collection

Robert William Service was a British-Canadian poet and writer. He was a bank clerk by trade, but spent long periods travelling in Western America and Canada. When his bank sent him to the Yukon, he was inspired by tales of the Klondike Gold Rush, and wrote two poems «The Shooting of Dan McGrew» and «The Cremation of Sam McGee», which showed remarkable authenticity and enjoyed immediate popularity. Encouraged by this, he quickly wrote more poems on the same themes, which were published as a collection Songs of a Sourdough.

Contents:

THE LAW OF THE YUKON

THE PARSON'S SON

THE SPELL OF THE YUKON

THE CALL OF THE WILD

THE LONE TRAIL

THE HEART OF THE SOURDOUGH

THE THREE VOICES

THE PINES

THE HARPY

THE LURE OF LITTLE VOICES

THE SONG OF THE WAGE-SLAVE

GRIN

THE SHOOTING OF DAN McGREW

THE CREMATION OF SAM McGEE

MY MADONNA

UNFORGOTTEN

THE RECKONING

QUATRAINS

THE MEN THAT DON'T FIT IN

MUSIC IN THE BUSH

THE RHYME OF THE REMITTANCE MAN

THE LOW-DOWN WHITE

THE LITTLE OLD LOG CABIN

THE YOUNGER SON

THE MARCH OF THE DEAD

"FIGHTING MAC"" A LIFE TRAGEDY

THE WOMAN AND THE ANGEL

THE RHYME OF THE RESTLESS ONES

NEW YEAR'S EVE

COMFORT

PREMONITION

THE TRAMPS

L'ENVOI