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Robert William Service (Роберт Уильям Сервис)


The Ordinary Man


If you and I should chance to meet,
I guess you wouldn't care;
I'm sure you'd pass me in the street
As if I wasn't there;
You'd never look me in the face,
My modest mug to scan,
Because I'm just a commonplace
And Ordinary Man.

But then, it may be, you are too
A guy of every day,
Who does the job he's told to do
And takes the wife his pay;
Who makes a home and kids his care,
And works with pick or pen...
Why, Pal, I guess we're just a pair
Of Ordinary Men.

We plug away and make no fuss,
Our feats are never crowned;
And yet it's common coves like us
Who make the world go round.
And as we steer a steady course
By God's predestined plan,
Hats off to that almighty Force:
THE ORDINARY MAN.



Robert William Service's other poems:
  1. Шотландское гостеприимствоHighland Hospitality
  2. Вайолетт-де-ВирViolet de Vere
  3. Посылка (Пожалуй, подведем итог)L'Envoi (I guess this is the final score)
  4. Вечерний чайAfternoon Tea
  5. Канун Нового годаNew Year's Eve


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