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"Book Borrower" by Robert Service (1874-1958)
I am a mild man, you'll agree,
Or when a chap a book I lend,
But worst of all I hate those crooks
My books are tendrils of myself
But red my rage is,
When folks who borrow books from meTurn down their pages.
Or when a chap a book I lend,
And find he's loaned it
Without permission to a friendAs if he owned it.
But worst of all I hate those crooks
(May hell-fires burn them!)
Who beg the loan of cherished booksAnd don't return them.
My books are tendrils of myself
No shears can sever . . .
May he who rapes one from its shelfBe damned forever.
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(Part 2 of 4: "The Ballad of Salvation Bill" by Robert Service was based on experiences he had with a compulsive smoker who just had to smoke because smoking was so important in his life)
(an abnormal way of getting warm in the freezing conditions of a Canadian winter as expressed by Robert Service)
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Poem: Book Borrower by Robert Service
An expression of fury about people who borrow books and either mistreat them or fail to return them.
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Poem: The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert Service
A poem that describes how Sam McGee finally found physical relief from his painful frigid condition.
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Poem: Words by Robert Service
Expressing a special fondness for words even as a castaway on an island.
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