Give me to live and love in the old, bold fashion;
A soldier's billet at night and a soldier's ration;
A heart that leaps to the fight with a soldier's passion.
(The Song Of The Soldier-born)
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But therein lies the hell of it;Better my eyes had never lit
to love of bluebells in a wood,
Or daffodils in dancing mood.
Robert William Service
They were men of valiant breed,
Fit and fearless in the fight,
Who in every thought and deed
Burned the flame of life too bright.
Robert William Service
Harder than any slave,
What courage!
Robert William Service
They glour at me, my tomes of learning.
Robert William Service
So when I said good-bye, says he, with his satyric leer:
"Too bad to go, when life is so damned interesting here.
Robert William Service
It licked his feet with whining cry.
Robert William Service
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