--- title: "1 Poet Died Quotes By Robert Service" description: "1 Poet Died quotes by Robert Service. Plus more from Robert Service and more Poet Died sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/robert-service-56131_alaska_the-following-obituary-appeared-in-the-p_1638160.jpg" --- > [“The following obituary appeared in the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph of Sept. 16, 1958: A GREAT POET died last week in Lancieux, France, at the age of 84. He was not a poet's poet. Fancy-Dan dilletantes will dispute the description "great." He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-service/the-following-obituary-appeared-in-the-pittsburgh-sun-telegraph-of/) [Robert Service](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-service/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/robert-service-56131_alaska_the-following-obituary-appeared-in-the-p_1638160.jpg) ## More by Robert Service > [Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-service/be-master-of-your-petty-annoyances-and-conserve-your-energies-for-the/) [Robert Service](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-service/) > [“Parvus denied that universal suffrage was an end to itself since the middle class would always find ways to manipulate the electoral system. Freedom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-service/parvus-denied-that-universal-suffrage-was-an-end-to-itself-since-the/) [Robert Service](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-service/) > [“The following obituary appeared in the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph of Sept. 16, 1958: A GREAT POET died last week in Lancieux, France, at the age…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-service/the-following-obituary-appeared-in-the-pittsburgh-sun-telegraph-of/) [Robert Service](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-service/) > [“It wallowed in its water-bed; it burrowed, heaved and swung; It gnawed its way ahead with grunts and sighs; Its bill of fare was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-service/it-wallowed-in-its-water-bed-it-burrowed-heaved-and-swung-it-gnawed/) [Robert Service](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-service/) > [“The man who can fight to heaven's own height is the man who can fight when he's losing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-service/the-man-who-can-fight-to-heaven-s-own-height-is-the-man-who-can-fight/) [Robert Service](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-service/) > [“Dirt is just matter out of place.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-service/dirt-is-just-matter-out-of-place/) [Robert Service](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-service/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poet-died/robert-service/#itemlist", "name": "1 Poet Died Quotes By Robert Service", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The following obituary appeared in the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph of Sept. 16, 1958: A GREAT POET died last week in Lancieux, France, at the age of 84. 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