Robert W. Service

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• There are strange things done in the midnight sun
  By the men who moil for gold;
  The Arctic trails have their secret tales
  That would make your blood run cold;
  The Northern Lights have seen queer sights,
  But the queerest they ever did see
  Was that night on the marge of Lake Lebarge
  I cremated Sam McGee.

  The Cremation of Sam McGee (1907)In context

• Now a promise made is a debt unpaid, and the trail has its own stern code.

  The Cremation of Sam McGee (1907)In context

  • Honor
  • Responsibility

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