Monday, January 13, 2003

A Character Comments

Rating: 3.0

How often do I wish I were
What people call a character;
A ripe and cherubic old chappie
Who lives to make his fellows happy;
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Robert William Service
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Pamela Lutwyche 23 August 2020

You are a character sir, you seem a lovely gent. All nice and calm, relaxed and content.

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D J Emmanuel 09 May 2018

Wow A Well Composed poem A Character Worthy Of emulating. More Inspiration

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Glen Kappy 09 May 2018

So may it be for me and all of us as in the last stanza. -GK

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Lantz Pierre 09 May 2018

I'm generally not a fan of Service. Your comment made me scroll back to read what you refer to. At an embarrassingly apropos time for me after an ugly fight. Thank you. Very fitting words.

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Kumarmani Mahakul 09 May 2018

So be you simple, decent, kind, With gentle heart and quiet mind; And if to righteous anger stung, Restrain your temper and your toungue......touching expression with nice theme. It is a beautiful didactic poem by Robert William Service.

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Robert Murray Smith 09 May 2018

A nice good-humoured write.++10

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Bernard F. Asuncion 09 May 2018

Such a great write by Robert William Service👍👍👍

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Ruta Mohapatra 09 May 2018

Yeah! I could not agree more!

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E Forrester 15 May 2007

Lovely poem. And indeed, i believe he achieved his wish...

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