Robert William Service Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Robert William Service quotes, Robert William Service sayings, and Robert William Service proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Why should I be the last to cling / Of all the leaves on this bleak bough? / I've fluttered since the fire of Spring / And I am worn and withered now. / I would escape the Winter gale / And sleep soft-silvered by a snail. Robert William Service
My brothers all are proud of purse, / But though my poverty I curse, / I would not for a diadem / Exchange my lowly lot with them: / A garret and a crust for me, / And reams and dreams of Poetry. Robert William Service
Stupidity, let me be blind / To all the ills of humankind; / Fill me with simple sentiment / To walk the way my father went; / School me to sweat with robot folk / Beneath the yoke. Robert William Service
My brothers all are proud of purse, / But though my poverty I curse, / I would not for a diadem / Exchange my lowly lot with them: / A garret and a crust for me, / And reams and dreams of Poetry. Robert William Service
Yet let me not be unconsoled: / So many greybeards I behold, / Distinguished in affairs of state, / In culture counted with the Great, / Have tummies with a shameless bulge, / And so I think I'll still indulge / In eats I like without a qualm, / And damn my diaphragm!' Robert William Service
Of all the meals that glad my day / My morning one's the best; / Purveyed me on a silver tray, / Immaculately dressed. / I rouse me when the dawn is bright; / I leap into the sea, / Returning with a rare delight / To honey, toast and tea. Robert William Service