I like to think that when I fall, A rain-drop in Death's shoreless sea, This shelf of books along the wall, Beside my bed, will mourn for me.
Robert W. ServiceAbout author
- Author's profession: Poet
- Nationality: scottish
- Born: January 16, 1874
- Died: September 11, 1958
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