The lonely sunsets flare forlorn Down valleys dreadly desolate; The lordly mountains soar in scorn As still as death, as stern as fate. The lonely sunsets flame and die;
I wanted the gold, and I sought it; I scrabbled and mucked like a slave. Was it famine or scurvy—I fought it; I hurled my youth into a grave. I wanted the gold, and I got it—
There where the mighty mountains bare th… There where the sullen sun-dogs glare in… And the glacier-glutted streams sweep do… There where the livid tundras keep their… There where the silences are spawned, an…
The waves have a story to tell me, As I lie on the lonely beach; Chanting aloft in the pine—tops, The wind has a lesson to teach; But the stars sing an anthem of glory
This is the law of the Yukon, and ever… “Send not your foolish and feeble; send… Strong for the red rage of battle; sane… Send me men girt for the combat, men who… Swift as the panther in triumph, fierce…
This is the song of the parson’s son, as… On the wild, weird nights, when the Nor… And it’s sixty below, and couched in the… “I’m one of the Arctic brotherhood, I’m… I came with the first—O God! how I’ve…
Have you gazed on naked grandeur where t… Set pieces and drop—curtain scenes galor… Big mountains heaved to heaven, which th… Black canyons where the rapids rip and r… Have you swept the visioned valley with…
Ye who know the Lone Trail fain would f… Though it lead to glory or the darkness… Ye who take the Lone Trail, bid your lo… The Lone Trail, the Lone Trail follow… The trails of the world be countless, an…
We sleep in the sleep of ages, the bleak… The gray moss drapes us like sages, and… And deeper we clutch through the gelid g… On the flanks of the storm—gored ridges… We surge in a host to the sullen coast,…
There’s a cry from out the loneliness—oh… Do you hear it, do you fear it, you’re a… You’re a—sobbing in your sleep, dear, an… Do you hear the Little Voices all a—beg… All a—begging me to leave you. Day and…
When the long, long day is over, and the… I hope that it won’t be hell—fire, as so… And I hope that it won’t be heaven, wit… All I want is just quiet, just to rest… Look at my face, toil—furrowed; look at…
If you’re up against a bruiser and you’r… Grin. If you’re feeling pretty groggy, and you… Grin. Don’t let him see you’re funking, let hi…
A bunch of the boys were whooping it up… The kid that handles the music—box was h… Back of the bar, in a solo game, sat Da… And watching his luck was his light—o’—l… When out of the night, which was fifty b…
There are strange things done in the mid… By the men who moil for gold; The Arctic trails have their secret tal… That would make your blood run cold; The Northern Lights have seen queer sig…
I haled me a woman from the street, Shameless, but, oh, so fair! I bade her sit in the model’s seat And I painted her sitting there. I hid all trace of her heart unclean;
I know a garden where the lilies gleam, And one who lingers in the sunshine ther… She is than white—stoled lily far more f… And oh, her eyes are heaven—lit with dre… I know a garret, cold and dark and drear…
It’s fine to have a blow—out in a fancy… With terrapin and canvas—back and all th… To enjoy the flowers and music, watch th… Smoke a choice cigar, and sip the wealth… It’s bully in a high—toned joint to eat…
One said: Thy life is thine to make or… To flicker feebly, or to soar, a star; It lies with thee—the choice is thine, i… To hit the ties or drive thy auto—car. I answered Her: The choice is mine—ah,…
There’s A race of men that don’t fit in… A race that can’t stay still; So they break the hearts of kith and kin… And they roam the world at will. They range the field and they rove the f…
O’er the dark pines she sees the silver… And in the west, all tremulous, a star; And soothing sweet she hears the mellow… Of cow—bells jangled in the fields afar. Quite listless, for her daily stent is d…
There’s a four—pronged buck a—swinging i… And it roamed the velvet valley till to—… But I tracked it by the river, and I tr… And I killed it on the mountain miles a… Now I’ve had my lazy supper, and the le…
This is the pay—day up at the mines, whe… There’s money to burn in the streets to—… With a haggard face and a ribband of red… And I know at the dawn she’ll come reel… One for herself, to drown her shame, and…
When a man gits on his uppers in a hard—… An’ he ain’t got nothin’ comin’ an’ he c… An’ he’s in a fix for lodgin’ an’ he wan… An’ you’d fancy he’d been boozin’, he’s… When he’s feelin’ sneakin’ sorry an’ his…
If you leave the gloom of London and yo… Where all except the flag is strange and… There’s a bronzed and stalwart fellow wh… And greet you with a welcome warm and tr… For he’s your younger brother, the one y…
The cruel war was over—oh, the triumph w… We watched the troops returning, through… There was triumph, triumph, triumph down… And you scarce could hear the music for… And you scarce could see the house—tops…
A Life Tragedy A pistol shot rings round and round the… In pitiful defeat a warrior lies. A last defiance to dark Death is hurled… A last wild challenge shocks the sunlit…
An angel was tired of heaven, as he loun… His halo was tilted sideways, and his ha… So the Master stooped in His pity, and… For the space of a moon, to the earth—wo… He doffed his celestial garments, scarce…
We couldn’t sit and study for the law; The stagnation of a bank we couldn’t sta… For our riot blood was surging, and we d… To excitements and excesses that are ban… So we took to wine and drink and other t…
It’s cruel cold on the water—front, sile… Only the black tide weltering, only the… And I, alone, like a storm—tossed wreck… Shuffling along in the icy wind, ghastly… They’re playing a tune in McGuffy’s sal…
Say! You’ve struck a heap of trouble— Bust in business, lost your wife; No one cares a cent about you, You don’t care a cent for life; Hard luck has of hope bereft you,
There was a woman, and she was wise; woe… She was old, so old, yet her years all t… And she knew by heart, from finish to st… There is no hope for such as I on earth… Unloved I live, unloved I die, unpitied…
’Twas a year ago and the moon was bright (Oh, I remember so well, so well); I walked with my love in a sea of light, And the voice of my sweet was a silver b… And sudden the moon grew strangely dull,
Can you recall, dear comrade, when we tr… And we sang the old, old Earth—song, fo… When we drank and fought and lusted, as… Along the road to Anywhere, the wide wo… Along the road to Anywhere, when each d…
We’ve finished up the filthy war; We’ve won what we were fighting for . .… (Or have we? I don’t know). But anyway I have my wish: I’m back upon the old Boul’ Mich’,
