The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses by Service Robert W. (Robert William)

Author:Service, Robert W. (Robert William) [Service, Robert W. (Robert William)]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska) -- Poetry
Published: 2011-03-30T04:00:00+00:00

Now a promise made is a debt unpaid, and the trail has its own stern code.

In the days to come, though my lips were dumb,

in my heart how I cursed that load.

In the long, long night, by the lone firelight,

while the huskies, round in a ring,

Howled out their woes to the homeless snows —

O God! how I loathed the thing.

And every day that quiet clay seemed to heavy and heavier grow;

And on I went, though the dogs were spent and the grub was getting low;

The trail was bad, and I felt half mad, but I swore I would not give in;

And I'd often sing to the hateful thing, and it hearkened with a grin.

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