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 Sale
The Joy of Being Poor
V
My Neighbors
Room 4: The Painter Chap
Room 6: The Little Workgirl
Room 5: The Concert Singer
Room 7: The Coco-Fiend
BOOK THREE
LATE SUMMER
I
The Philanderer
The ~Petit Vieux~
My Masterpiece
My Book
My Hour
II
A Song of Sixty-Five
Teddy Bear
The Outlaw
The Walkers
III
Poor Peter
The Wistful One
If You Had a Friend
The Contented Man
The Spirit of the Unborn Babe
IV
Finistere
Old David Smail
The Wonderer
Oh, It Is Good
V
I Have Some Friends
The Quest
The Comforter
The Other One
Catastrophe
BOOK FOUR
WINTER
I
Priscilla
A Casualty
The Blood-Red ~Fourragere~
Jim
II
Kelly of the Legion
The Three Tommies
The Twa Jocks
III
His Boys
The Booby-Trap
Bonehead Bill
IV
A Lapse of Time and a Word of Explanation
Michael
The Wife
Victory Stuff
Was It You?
V
~Les Grands Mutiles~
The Sightless Man
The Legless Man
The Faceless Man
L'Envoi
-------------------- Ballads of a Bohemian
---------------Prelude
~Alas! upon some starry height,
The Gods of Excellence to please,
This hand of mine will never smite
The Harp of High Serenities.
Mere minstrel of the street am I,
To whom a careless ...
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