Marsupial Bill (James Brunton Stephens Poems)
A CHRISTMAS STORY.1IT was the time when geese despond,And turkeys make their wills;The time when Christians, to a man,Forgive each ...
A CHRISTMAS STORY.1IT was the time when geese despond,And turkeys make their wills;The time when Christians, to a man,Forgive each ...
'My oath!' the Duchess sez. 'You'd not ixpectSich things as that. Yeh don't mean kangaroos?Go hon!' she sez, or words ...
But what's the use of writing 'bush'- Though editors demand it-For city folk, and farming folk, Can never understand it.They're blind to ...
You lazy boy, you're here at last, You must be wooden-legged;Now, are you sure the gate is fast And all the sliprails ...
A certain old maid at Port Victorhad many strange pets to afflict her,her Kangaroos foughtwith the emu's she caughtand when ...
"My oath! the Duchess sez. ""You'd not ixpect Sich things as that. Yeh don't mean kangaroos?Go hon!"" she sez, or ...
On the banks of the River Schlemozzle, Mid the deserts and sands of Dundalk,I've hunted wild llamas in purple pyjamas,I've ...
The Lion and the Unicorn Of England's Coat-of-ArmsSeldom make bold, so we are told, To ravage English farms.In fact, 'tis ...
At River Bend, in New South Wales,All alone among the whales,Busting up some post and rails, ...
Then give me a hut in my own native land,Or a tent in the bush with the mountains so grand;With ...
I saw the beauty go,The beauty that, in a streamFlowed through the breadth of the landLike the fenceless foot of ...
When I first saw the dear old town Emus went walking up and down, Or in a doorway poked a ...
I How the slates of the roof sparkle in the sun, over there, over there, beyond the high wall! How ...
The squatter saw his pastures wide Decrease, as one by one The farmers moving to the west Selected on his ...
I don't know how the fishes feel, but I can't help thinking it odd, That a gay young flapper of ...
The strongest creature for his size But least equipped for combat That dwells beneath Australian skies Is Weary Will the ...
The sun strikes down with a blinding glare; The skies are blue and the plains are wide, The saltbush plains ...
Now is the law of the Overland that all in the West obey -- A man must cover with travelling ...
"Only a pound," said the auctioneer, "Only a pound; and I'm standing here Selling this animal, gain or loss -- ...
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