The Songs of a Sourdough is a book of poetry published in 1907 by Robert W. Service. In North America, these poems were published under the title The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses. It contains these poems: 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Robert W. Service Robert William Service (January 16, 1874 – September 11, 1958) was a poet born into a Scottish family while they were living in Preston, England. ...
Project Gutenberg offers the full text of all of the poems contained in this collection. The Cremation of Sam McGee is the most famous of Robert W. Services poems. ... Project Gutenberg (often abbreviated as PG) is a volunteer effort to digitize, archive, and distribute cultural works. ...
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The Spell of the Yukon from Project Gutenberg
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