The Schoolhouse On The Plain (Joseph Furphy Poems)
(From "An Idyll of the Wimmera.")On the geodetic line, where the parish boundaries joinAt a level and interminable laneYou can ...
Poems about inspector (14 Poems)
Old North Sydney (Henry Lawson Poems)
THEY'RE shifting old North Sydney- Perhaps 'tis just as well-They're carting off the houses Where the old folks used to dwell.Where only ...
Tale IX (George Crabbe Poems)
EDWARD SHORE.Genius! thou gift of Heav'n! thou light divine!Amid what dangers art thou doom'd to shine!Oft will the body's weakness ...
Cow (C J Dennis Poems)
Aw, go write yer tinklin' jingle, an' yer pretty phrases mingle,Fer the mamby-pamby girl, all fluffy frill an' shinin' silk.Them's ...
The Saint’s Prayer (Atom Yarjanian Poems)
Give me light, God irrefutable, Inexplicable architect of the universe, Creator of fate and recognition, Tempest of breath, central ability, ...
The Sergeant’s Overcoat (Or The Policeman That Nearly Got Caught) (Billy Bennett Poems)
As the Kaffir is known by his Wig-WamAs a Scotsman is known by his thistleAnd a man from the West ...
A West Country Ballad (Anonymous Oceania Poems)
This is the tale of NortonWho vowed a vow, by zounds,To catch the varlet GardinerAnd win a thousand pounds. "Come ...
Old Town Types No27 – Sergeant Mat McGillicuddy (C J Dennis Poems)
King of all the old town, gaoler, censor, too,Bane of heavy sinners doing things they shouldn't do, Terror of ...
A Picture Of Husbandry (Confucius Poems)
Various the toils which fields so large demand! We choose the seed; we take our tools in hand. In winter ...
The Alphabet of the Land Act (Emily Mary Barton Poems)
A WAS the Act, Antecursor of strife,B was the Bill that had brought it to life,C was the Court, overcrowded ...
Phantasmagoria CANTO III ( Scarmoges ) (Lewis Carroll Poem)
"AND did you really walk," said I, "On such a wretched night? I always fancied Ghosts could fly - If ...
Echoes (Lewis Carroll Poem)
Lady Clara Vere de Vere Was eight years old, she said: Every ringlet, lightly shaken, ran itself in golden thread. ...
Come-by-Chance (Andrew Barton Paterson Poems)
As I pondered very weary o'er a volume long and dreary -- For the plot was void of interest; 'twas ...
Policeman G. (Andrew Barton Paterson Poems)
To Policeman G. the Inspector said: "When you pass the 'shops' you must turn your head; If you took a ...