The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses
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- First published
- 1907
- Pages
- 97
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01 - The Land God Forgot
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02 - The Spell of the Yukon
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03 - The Heart of the Sourdough
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04 - The Three Voices
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05 - The Law of the Yukon
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06 - The Parson's Son
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07 - The Call of the Wild
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08 - The Lone Trail
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09 - The Pines
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10 - The Lure of Little Voices
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11 - The Song of the Wage-Slave
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12 - Grin
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13 - The Shooting of Dan McGrew
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14 - The Cremation of Sam McGee
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15 - My Madonna
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16 - Unforgotten
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17 - The Reckoning
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18 - Quatrains
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19 - The Men That Don't Fit In
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20 - Music in the Bush
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21 - The Rhyme of the Remittance Man
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22 - The Low-Down White
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23 - The Little Old Log Cabin
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24 - The Younger Son
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25 - The March of the Dead
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26 - "Fighting Mac"
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27 - The Woman and the Angel
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28 - The Rhyme of the Restless Ones
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29 - New Year's Eve
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30 - Comfort
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31 - The Harpy
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32 - Premonition
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33 - The Tramps
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34 - L'Envoi
1:37
The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses (1907) is a public domain work.
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About this book
Gold brings a speaker north, but mountains, rivers and silence become harder to leave than the prospect of wealth. Robert W. Service's 1907 collection sets rhyming voices against the Yukon landscape, from bright summer woods to winters that make every trail a test of endurance. The title poem turns on the gap between returning with a fortune and feeling at home elsewhere.
Other verses shift from solitary reflection to stories of miners, restless workers and people living far from those they love. The Sam McGee episode gives a promise between companions the shape of a strange campfire tale, while quieter poems place longing beside everyday hardship. Strong rhythms and conversational speech make the writing suited to reading aloud. Readers can explore how the same northern setting supplies both peace and danger, and how its speakers weigh money, freedom, loyalty and belonging.
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Book facts
- Author
- Robert W. Service
- First published
- 1907
- Reading time
- About 1 hour
- Pages
- 97
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Poetry
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
- Audio read by
- Becky Cook