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...volunteers bring you 5 recordings of To the Man of the High North by Robert Service. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for November 28, 2010. Robert William Service (January 16, 1874 – September 11, 1958) was a poet and writer, sometimes referred to as the Bard of the Yukon. His...

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................................................... 261 TO THE REPUBLICANS OF NORTH AMERICA ................................................................ ............................................................. 276 FAREWELL TO NORTH DEVON .................................................................. ...here he arose. The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again accordin... ...:— 6. 45, 46:— To the red and baleful sun That faintly twinkles there. The north polar star, to which the axis of the earth, in its 165 Shelley prese... ...nde”.) Bones of animals peculiar to the torrid zone have been found in the north of Siberia, and on the banks of the river Ohio. Plants have been foun... ...lish the existence of a people who inhabited a tract in Tartary 49 degrees north latitude, of greater antiquity than either the Indians, the Chinese, ... ...under the author’s experience that some of the workmen on an embankment in North Wales, who, in con- sequence of the inability of the proprietor to pa... ...30 More pale his cheek than the snows of Nithona, When winter rides on the northern blast, And howls in the midst of the leafless wood. Yet when the f... ...NS OF NOR THE REPUBLICANS OF NOR THE REPUBLICANS OF NOR THE REPUBLICANS OF NORTH AMERICA TH AMERICA TH AMERICA TH AMERICA TH AMERICA Published (from t...

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... Revelling in the freedom conferred by anonymity, Rigby becomes an actor, stripper, rent boy, lover, teacher and dedicated traveller through Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, where travellers were uncommon and countries still retained many of the differences that made travel so interesting. Rigby meets with a wide variety of people, life styles and customs, ev...

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.... And these seem chiefly to be two, as they say, of the winds: namely, the north and the south; and all the others are declinations from these. And th... ...ered as a democracy: as in the winds they consider the west as part of the north, and the east as part of the south: and thus it is in music, accordin... ... nations of this habitable world. Those who live in cold countries, as the north of Europe, are full of courage, but wanting in understanding and the ... ...blow from thence is esteemed most healthful; next to this that which has a north- ern position is to be preferred, as best in winter. It should next b...

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... unwinds like a labyrinth that twists and turns from east to west and from north to south. At almost every turn of this labyrinth waits a monster th...

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...undred kilometers relating to the pleasure trip from Delhi to Kosani,a tourist resort situated in the Kumayun Hills a range of the Himalayas in the North of India, being undertaken by a group of very intimate three unwed oldies, all retired college teachers, when one of them is accosted by the owner of the roadside `Dhaba` (an indigenous restaurant) where they had halted...

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...ittle weather beaten, as having to navigate his creed in strange waters crowded with other craft but still a convinced son of the Free Church and the North African Mission, with a faithful brown eye, and a peaceful soul. Physically a wiry small-knit man, well tanned, clean shaven, with delicate resolute features and a twinkle of mild humor. He wears the sun helmet and pagr...

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...wded with other craft but still a convinced son of the Free Church and the North African Mission, with a faithful brown eye, and a peaceful soul. Phys... ...tlantic Ocean and a long stretch of sandy coast to the south, swept by the north east trade wind, and scantily nourishing a few stunted pepper trees, ... ... corner of the garden, and the geranium 4 George Bernard Shaw bush in the north east corner. At the garden-door of the house there appears presently ... ... European criti- cism, and climatically in the direction of the indiginous North American, who is already in possession of his hair, his cheek- bones,... ... put out to sea. And her captain doesn’t know now whether to turn her head north or south. LADY CICELY. Why not north for England? BRASSBOUND. Why not... ... the old diphthongal oi, which Mr. Chevalier still uses. Irish, Scotch and north coun- try readers must remember that Drinkwater’s rs are abso- lutely...

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... in the evening?s performance, it was too short to suffice by itself. I therefore took advantage of four days continuous rain during a holiday in the north of Scotland to write How He Lied To Her Husband for Mr. Daly. In his hands, it served its turn very effectively....

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...refore took advantage of four days continuous rain during a holiday in the north of Scotland to write How He Lied To Her Husband for Mr Daly. In his h...

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...abirinto marino” {The Marine Labyrinth}), that runs from east to west, and north to south. A monster is hiding at almost every turn of the labyrinth,...

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...n king of the Upplands, was aiming at the supreme kingship. He went into the North and fought many battles there, in The Saga of Grettir the Strong 3 ... ...o take them in, and they spent the winter there. In the spring Onund came to northern Agdir, having learned of the murder of Ondott. He met Signy and ... ...ge with cross winds, mostly from the south, so that they drifted away to the north. They made Iceland right in the North, at Langanes, where they rega... ... years later his brother Asgrim came to Iceland and took up his residence at North Glera. His son was Ellidagrim the father of Asgrim. CHAPTER IX ONUN... ...y answered there was very little left at Sudrstrandir and none at all in the North. So Onund asked his men whether they would seek some land further t... ...ould be needed, and being very anxious to escape as fast as he could. He ran North, and reaching Arnes before the day had quite broken, said that he h... ...was too narrow in the bow and stern and too broad amidships. In the spring a northerly gale set in which lasted nearly a week, after which men began t... ...went to the whale. In the meantime Flosi had sent word to his kinsmen in the North at Ingolfsfjord and Ofeigsfjord and to Olaf the son of Eyvind who l... ...when these events happened, preaching Christianity for the first time in the North of the island. Thorkell and many of his men received the prima sign...

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...eisurely pace, through one State after another, for half the length of the North, conspicuous to all parties, with a price set upon his head, going in... ... are at least as many as two or three individuals to a town throughout the North who think much as the present speaker does about him and his enterpri... ... man’s position and probable fate is spoiling many a man’s day here at the North for other thinking. If any one who has seen him here can pursue succe... ...hat I never heard of this particular lumber till lately. And yet I hear of Northern men, and women, and children, by families, buying a “life membersh... ... of the South, I wish I could say that Brown was the representative of the North. He was a superior man. He did not value his bodily life in compariso... ...er that gathered them about this preacher. What have Massachusetts and the North sent a few sane representatives to Congress for, of late years?—to de... ...ustly and appreciatingly of him 16 A Plea for Captain John Brown than any Northern editor, or politician, or public personage, that I chance to have ... ...ens, and Coppic, it was hard to say which was most firm.” Almost the first Northern men whom the slaveholder has learned to respect! The testimony of ... ... worked in secret a vigilant com- mittee? But such is the character of our Northern States gen- erally; each has its Vigilant Committee. And, to a cer...

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... is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren a...

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...ee is the badge of the clan Lamont.” The apple-tree belongs chiefly to the northern temperate zone. Loudon says, that “it grows spontaneously in every... ...and Japan.” We have also two or three varieties of the apple indigenous in North America. The cultivated apple-tree was first introduced into this cou... ...arriving at St. Anthony’s Falls, I was sorry to be told that I was too far north for the Crab-Apple. Nevertheless I suc- ceeded in finding it about ei... ...er. 12 Wild Apples flowers for my herbarium. This must have been near its north- ern limit. HOW THE WILD APPLE GROWS B UT THOUGH THESE ARE INDIGENOUS... ...t be eaten in the house, the other out-doors. One Peter Whitney wrote from Northborough in 1782, for the Proceedings of the Boston Academy, describing... ...fruits of the torrid South to this fruit matured by the cold of the frigid North? These are those crabbed apples with which I cheated my compan- ion, ...

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...ke the garden of a single house. In winter they retired into houses on the north of the hill, in which they held their syssitia. These were modest dwe... ...es. The plain around the city was highly cultivated and sheltered from the north by mountains; it was oblong, and where falling out of the straight li... ...had enclosed with a single fence like the garden of a single house. On the north side they had dwellings in common and had erected halls for din- ing ... ...is part of the island looked towards the south, and was sheltered from the north. The sur- rounding mountains were celebrated for their number and siz...

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...nce of the peril which sur- rounded this self-emancipated young man at the North,— even in Massachusetts, on the soil of the Pilgrim Fathers, among th... ...us would be given to it, and a stunning blow at the same time inflicted on northern prejudice against a col- ored complexion. I therefore endeavored t... ... can fairly com- pare the twilight of rights, which your race enjoy at the North, with that “noon of night” under which they labor south of Mason and ... ...fugitive slave can plant himself and say, “I am safe.” The whole armory of Northern Law has no shield for you. I am free to say that, in your place, I... ..., and of slavery as it there existed. The plantation is about twelve miles north of Easton, in Talbot county, and is situated on the border of Miles R... ...obdurate heart.” I have often been utterly astonished, since I came to the north, to find persons who could speak of the singing, among 24 Narrative ... ...bounded in fruits of almost every description, from the hardy apple of the north to the delicate orange of the south. This garden was not the least so... ...our city papers, containing an account of the number of petitions from the north, praying for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, an... ...He said it was a shame to hold me. They both advised me to run away to the north; that I should find friends there, and that I should be free. I prete...

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...ting showers, Or fierce sun’s ravening might, or searching blast Of the keen north should sear them. Well, I wot, He serves the fields who with his ha... ...eathers on the wave top float and play. But when from regions of the furious North It lightens, and when thunder fills the halls Of Eurus and of Zephy... ...ed he shineth,idly wilt thou dread The storm clouds, and beneath the lustral North See the woods waving. What late eve in fine Bears in her bosom, whe... ...yrtles throng gayest; Bacchus, lastly, loves The bare hillside, and yews the north wind’s chill. Mark too the earth by outland tillers tamed, And East... ...to trenches carve The mighty mountains, and their upturned clods Bare to the north wind, ere thou plant therein The vine’s prolific kindred. Fields wh... ...erst it stood, here bore the southern heats, Here turned its shoulder to the northern pole; So strong is custom formed in early years. Whether on hill... ...ow; THE GEORGICS 28 The vine shoot, fearless of the rising south, Or mighty north winds driving rain from heaven, Bursts into bud, and every leaf unf... ...n as the vine her lingering leaves hath shed, THE GEORGICS 30 And the chill north wind from the forests shook Their coronal, even then the careful sw... ...ootsteps on the surface sand. As when with power from Hyperborean climes The north wind stoops, and scatters from his path Dry clouds and storms of Sc...

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...of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon. 16 Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices the...

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...rsey four, Penn sylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three. When vacancies... ...an of St Thos. Jenifer Danl Carroll Virginia John Blair— James Madison Jr. North Carolina Wm. Blount Rich’d Dobbs Spaight Hu Williamson 17 The U.S. Co...

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... The sentinel is so absorbed that he does not notice the approach from the north end of the quay of four Egyptian market porters carrying rolls of car... ...ldiers, with a centurion, come running along the edge of the quay from the north end. They rescue their comrade, and throw off Ftatateeta, who is sent... ...SECOND AUXILIARY (in a half whisper, glancing appre- hensively towards the north end of the quay). Can’t you wait a bit? APOLLODORUS. Patience, worthy... ...xiliary sentinels run off to the south. The Centurion and his guard run of northward; and immediately afterwards the bucina sounds. The four porters c... ...rcely with his pilum). Hence, dogs: off. Out of this. (They fly before him northward along the quay.) 57 Caesar and Cleopatra APOLLODORUS. Farewell, ... ...colonnade on the roof. Light curtains are drawn between the columns on the north and east to soften the westering sun. The official leads Rufio to one... ... is hardly more than an elaborately designed bench. They place it near the northmost of the two curtained columns. When this is done they slip out thr... ... of you, indeed. POTHINUS. So be it: you are the master. Our gods sent the north west winds to keep you in our hands; but you have been too strong for... ...ed floorcloth is laid down the middle of the esplanade, turning off to the north opposite the cen- tral gate in the palace front, which shuts in the e...

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...as, and how lucky to be on the spot when the disaster came! The train sped northward, under innumerable tun- nels. It was only an hour’s journey, but ... ...d through the South Welwyn Tunnel, saw light for a moment, and entered the North Welwyn Tunnel, of tragic fame. She traversed the immense viaduct, who... ...w of Tewin Water. She skirted the parks of politicians. At times the Great North 15 EM Forster Road accompanied her, more suggestive of infinity than... ... Hilton, one of the large villages that are strung so frequently along the North Road, and that owe their size to the traffic of coaching and pre-coac... ...t with you by any chance?” “No; I came over with my father. He has gone on north in your train. You’ll see Miss Schlegel at lunch. You’re coming up to... ... the dust into Mrs. Munt’s eyes. But as soon as they turned into the Great North Road she opened fire. “You can well imagine,” she said, “that the new... ...ed himself anew, and began to read a volume of Ruskin. “Seven miles to the north of Venice—” How perfectly the famous chapter opens! How su- preme its... ...etry! The rich man is speaking to us from his gondola. “Seven miles to the north of Venice the banks of sand which nearer the city rise little above l... ... she deplored the weather, twice criticised the train service on the Great North- ern Railway. They vigorously assented, and rushed on, and when she i...