RPO -- Selected Poetry of Robert W. Service (1874-1958)

Selected Poetry of Robert W. Service (1874-1958)

from Representative Poetry On-line
Prepared by members of the Department of English at the University of Toronto
from 1912 to the present and published by the University of Toronto Press from 1912 to 1967.
RPO Edited by Ian Lancashire
A UTEL (University of Toronto English Library) Edition
Published by the Web Development Group, Information Technology Services, University of Toronto Libraries
© 2012, Ian Lancashire for the Department of English, University of Toronto

Index to poems

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 Shooting of Dan McGrew, 3-4)

Notes on Life and Works

Klinck, Carl F. Robert Service. McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1976.
Service, Robert W.
--. Songs of a Sourdough. Toronto: William Briggs, 1907.
--. Ballads of a Cheechako. Toronto: William Briggs, 1909.
--. Rhymes of a Rolling Stone. Toronto: William Briggs, 1912.
--. Rhymes of a Red Cross Man. Toronto: William Briggs, 1916.
--. Ballads of a Bohemian. Toronto: G.J. McLeod, 1921.
--. Twenty Bath-Tub Ballads. London: Francis, Day and Hunter, 1939.
--. Bar-Room Ballads. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1940.
--. Songs of a Sun-Lover. A Book of Light Verse. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1949.
--. Rhymes of a Roughneck. A Book of Verse. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1950.
--. Lyrics of a Lowbrow. A Book of Verse. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1951.
--. Rhymes of a Rebel. A Book of Verse. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1952.
--. Songs for my Supper. (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1953).[20]
--. Carols of an Old Codger. (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1955).[20]
--. Rhymes for My Rags. (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1956).[20]

Biographical information

Given name: Robert W.
Family name: Service
Birth date: 16 January 1874
Death date: 11 September 1958
Nationality: Canadian
Education: Hillhead High School, Glasgow, Scotland
Literary period: Edwardian
Residences
California, United State
Cowichan Bay, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Glasgow, Scotland
Kamloops, British Columbia
Kilwinning, Scotland
Monte Carlo, France
Victoria, British Columbia
Preston, Lancashire, England: 1874
Whitehorse, Yukon: 1904
Dawson City, Yukon: 1908
Lancieux, Côtes-d'Armor, France: 1913
Paris, France: 1913
Cause of death: Heart attack
Buried at: Village Cemetery, Lancieux, Bretagne Region, France