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Ballads of a Bohemian
Robert W. Service
[British-born Canadian Poet -- 1874-1958.]
Author of "The Spell of the Yukon", "Ballads of a Cheechako", "Rhymes of a Red Cross Man", etc.
[Note on text: Italicized words or phrases are marked by tildes (~). Lines longer than 78 characters are broken (according to metre) and the continuation is indented two spaces. Some obvious errors may have been corrected.]
[Note on accents: Due to the great number of French words used in this text, accents are marked as followed: "/", "\", "^", or "," immediately *follows* the character it accents. "Cafe/", "fe^te", "cha^teau", "garc,on", and "me^le/e" are given without accents as they have been absorbed into the English language. "Finiste\re", "Fourrage\re" and "mo^me" are given without accents due to excessive repetition.]
Ballads of a Bohemian
By Robert W. Service
CONTENTS
Prelude
BOOK ONE
SPRING
I
My Garret
Julot the ~Apache~
II
~L'Escargot D'Or~
It Is Later Than You Think
Noctambule
III
Insomnia
Moon Song
The Sewing-Girl
IV
Lucille
On the Boulevard
Facility
V
Golden Days
The Joy of Little Things
The Absinthe Drinkers
BOOK TWO
EARLY SUMMER
I
The Release
The Wee Shop
The Philistine and the Bohemian
II
The Bohemian Dreams
A Domestic Tragedy
The Pencil Seller
III
Fi-Fi in Bed
Gods in the Gutter
The Death of Marie Toro
IV
The Bohemian
The Auction