The Passing of the Year

Robert W. Service (1874 - 1958)

LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of The Passing of the Year by by Robert W. Service. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for December 18, 2011.

Robert William Service was a poet and writer who has often been called "the Bard of the Yukon". This poem taken from Rhymes of a Rolling Stone, published in 1912.(Summary from Wikipedia)

I have no doubt at all the Devil grins
As seas of ink I spatter.
Ye gods, forgive my "literary" sins —
The other kind don't matter.(frontispiece)

Genre(s): Poetry, Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 The Passing of the Year - Read by CC Chris Caron
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Play 02 The Passing of the Year - Read by DD ddemers78
00:03:17
Play 03 The Passing of the Year - Read by DL David Lawrence
00:02:59
Play 04 The Passing of the Year - Read by FS fshort
00:03:10
Play 05 The Passing of the Year - Read by K2 Karin Volz
00:03:18
Play 06 The Passing of the Year - Read by LLW Leonard Wilson
00:03:49
Play 07 The Passing of the Year - Read by REF Rhonda Federman
00:03:27
Play 08 The Passing of the Year - Read by TG TriciaG
00:02:50