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Seymour, the sergeant, and Clancy — Clancy who made his boast. He could cinch like a bronco the Northland, and cling to the prongs of the Pole. Two lone men on detachment, standing for law on the trail; Undismayed in the vastness, wise with the wisdom of old —.
"Clancy of the Mounted Police" (1909) by Robert W. Service, recited from memory by Henry SilverPoem: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Clancy_of_the_Mounted_Police
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Read poem “Clancy Of The Mounted Police“ by poet Robert William Service: In the little Crimson Manual it's written plain and clear. Let yourself be moved by the power of its words and the depth of its meaning.
This is an analysis of the poem Clancy Of The Mounted Police that begins with: In the little Crimson Manual it's written plain and clear That who would wear the scarlet coat shall say good-bye to fear;...
Ahead of the dogs ploughed Clancy, haloed by steaming breath; Through peril of open water, through ache of insensate cold; Up rivers wantonly winding in a land affianced to death, Till he came to a cowering cabin on the banks of the Nordenscold. Then Clancy loosed his revolver, and he strode through the open door;
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Clancy crawled through the vastness; o'er him the hate of the Wild; Full on his face fell the blizzard; cheering his huskies he ran; Fighting, fierce-hearted and tireless, snows that drifted and piled, With ever and ever behind him singing the crazy man.
In the little Crimson Manual it’s… That who would wear the scarlet co… Shall be a guardian of the right,… In the little Crimson Manual ther… Shall follow on though heavens fal…
