I'd sail with money, or sail without! (Henry Lawson, "")
Austral is fair, and the idlers in strife for her Plunder her, sneer at her, suck the young life from her! (Henry Lawson, "")
When the people are selfish and narrow, when the hands of the tyrants are strong, You must sacrifice life for the public before they come down on a wrong. (Henry Lawson, "")
So he goes to his death to save her; and she lives to remember and lie - Or be true to his love and courage. (Henry Lawson, "")
And this you learn from the libelled past, though its methods were somewhat rude -- A nation's born where the shells fall fast, or its lease of life renewed. (Henry Lawson, "")
We in part atone for the ghoulish strife, and the crimes of the peace we boast, And the better part of a people's life in the storm comes uppermost. (Henry Lawson, "")
On the same line of reasoning, if Australians were to be Australians, or rather if Australians were as separate from any other nation as Australia from any other land, there would be no jealousy between them on England's account. (Henry Lawson)
It is the same with revolution; so long as the proper spirit is spreading amongst our young men, we are satisfied that it spreads without bombast or parade. (Henry Lawson)