English Poetry. Robert William Service. L’Envoi (Ever in the ebb and flow). Роберт Уильям Сервис.

Robert William Service (Роберт Уильям Сервис)

L’Envoi (Ever in the ebb and flow)

Ever in the ebb and flow
Of my dreams that come and go,
Reader, I have you in mind,
Humbly hoping you will find
In my verse a gleam that's true
To the dreams that live in you.

Though my lines I link with rhyme
I scarce deem them worth a dime;
Nay, I think 'tis I who ought
To repay your kindly thought,
Gleaning in the words I waste
One or two to fit your taste.

Please you, lift this little book,
Riffle it with careless look;
Dip in it,--oh just a glance,
Give a beggar bard a chance...
Rhymers may have readers who
Tune to them,--may one be you!

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