A Psalm Of Resignation (Joseph Furphy Poems)
In spite of his imposing plea,A freeman whom the truth makes freeIs often fairly up a tree,And marvels why it ...
In spite of his imposing plea,A freeman whom the truth makes freeIs often fairly up a tree,And marvels why it ...
Some generous painter now assist my pen,And help to draw the most despised of men:Or else, oh Muse! do thou ...
Now, since man became a martyr To this economic stress,He has sought relief, in barter, From financial wretchedness;So, dispensing with ...
There must be some way out, they say. "There must be some way out!We've fallen on an evil day; That ...
Oh, is there not one place on earthWhere man's goodwill has gone from birthThro' adolescence, with its rage,Into a kindly, ...
On an evening, for example, when the naive tourist has retired from our economic horrors, a master's hand awakens the ...
Now, my gift of crude invective is astonishingly high, And I've quite a flair for fierce vituperation,But I have to ...
A woman's work is never done, Said she."From dawn to setting of the sun," Said she."I toil and moil and ...
Doubtless yours are the Masters, giants of mind and of soul,Not fanciful faked pilasters, but columns, supporting the whole;We who ...
There's a kid around the corner Who is filled with half-formed fears;He is growing rather wistful As the Christmas season ...
Through the Plagues of Egyp' we was chasin' Arabi, Gettin' down an' shovin' in the sun; An' you might 'ave ...
"Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning." We call them here hope in these words of welcome, ...
Christ in his ministry turning the world around its focus upside down The first to be last our riches in ...
First, we worshipped the inanimate. Next, we learned to worship the gods Later, we discovered the Deity. Then, dazzled by ...
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