The Vanguard [11] (Henry Lawson Poems)
They say, in all kindness, I'm out of the hunt-Too old and too deaf to be sent to the Front.A ...
They say, in all kindness, I'm out of the hunt-Too old and too deaf to be sent to the Front.A ...
Men said at vespers: "All is well!"In one wild night the city fell;Fell shrines of prayer and marts of gainBefore ...
He waited till within her towerHer taper signalled him the hour.He was a prince both fair and brave.—What hope that ...
THE RIVAL SUITORSWainamoinen, old and truthful,Long considered, long debated,How to woo and win the daughterOf the hostess of Pohyola,How to ...
How big of breast our Mother Gaea laughedAt sight of her ...
"The August sun had still two hours of sky When the white flag a-flutter from the house Signalled him in ...
More towers must yet be built-more towers destroyed-Great rocks hoisted in air;And he must seek his bread in high pale ...
Under what spell are we debasedBy fears for our inviolate Isle,Whose record is of dangers facedAnd flung to heel with ...
I. THE callow eagle in its downy nest, Betwixt the blue above and blue beneath, Or wrapped in swirling cloud ...
Before we take an auto ride Pa says to Ma: "My dear,Now just remember I don't need suggestions from the ...
An angel saw me sitting by a brook,Pleased with the silence, and the melodiesOf wind and water which did fall ...
I can't say how long I have walkedFor a brisk walk the metalled roadWas ready.The winds clappedAnd the colourful leaves ...
This ballad appears to refer to one of the exploits of the notorious Paul Jones, the American pirate. It is ...
"Below the Mill Dam" --Traffics and Discoveries Thrones, Powers, Dominions, Peoples, Kings, Are changing 'neath our hand. Our fathers also ...
Through the Plagues of Egyp' we was chasin' Arabi, Gettin' down an' shovin' in the sun; An' you might 'ave ...
To M. H. WE passed where flag and flower Signalled a jocund throng; We said: "Go to, the hour Is ...
I LONGED to love a full-boughed beech And be as high as he: I stretched an arm within his reach, ...
NO easy matter 'tis to hold, Against its owner's will, the fleece Who troubled by the itching smart Of Cupid's ...
More towers must yet be built-more towers destroyed- Great rocks hoisted in air; And he must seek his bread in ...
Only a Leather Medal, hanging there on the wall, Dingy and frayed and faded, dusty and worn and old; Yet ...
(For Rossana Sironi) You should not have ripped out your image taken from us, from the world, a portion of ...
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