The Silent Member (C J Dennis Poems)
He lived in Mundaloo, and Bill McClosky was his name,But folks that knew him well had little knowledge of that ...
Poems about some (21 Poems)
The Disagreeable Musician (C J Dennis Poems)
'E wouldn't play the flute; the sulky cow. An', after all the trouble that we tookTo try an' cheer,'is spirits ...
The Traveller (Arthur Graeme West Poems)
Oh, I came singing down the road Whereon was nought perplext me,And Pan with Art ...
Bert (C J Dennis Poems)
Did you ever meet Bert? 'E's all over the town, In offices, shops an' in various places, Cocky an' ...
Port O’ Dreams (Cicely Fox Smith Poems)
'There's a deal o' ports,' said Murphy, 'an' I guess I've sampled most,Round about the Gulf o' Guinea, and up ...
The Grand Tour (Cicely Fox Smith Poems)
I always wished to see the world, I 'ad no chanst before,Nor I don't suppose I should 'ave if there ...
For The Defence (C J Dennis Poems)
This Cen-TEEN-ary, sez 'e --Sez I, "You'll pardon me." (Perlite, like that, first off, and 'arf in laughter)."You'll pardon me, ...
The Optimist (Cicely Fox Smith Poems)
Ships — they're all right, said Murphy, "for all you hear folks tell.There some shoves their bows under in a ...
The Open Boat (Cicely Fox Smith Poems)
'When this 'ere war is done (says Dan) an' all the fighting's through,There's some will pal with Fritz again as ...
Figureheads (Cicely Fox Smith Poems)
You never see a decent figure'ead —Not now, Bill said,"A fiddlin' bit o' scroll-work at the bowThat's the most now ...
Sestina of the Tramp-Royal (Rudyard Kipling Poem)
Speakin' in general, I'ave tried 'em all The 'appy roads that take you o'er the world. Speakin' in general, I'ave ...
Cholera Camp (Rudyard Kipling Poem)
We've got the cholerer in camp -- it's worse than forty fights; We're dyin' in the wilderness the same as ...
Sestina Of The Tramp-Royal (Rudyard Kipling Poem)
Speakin' in general, I'ave tried 'em all The 'appy roads that take you o'er the world. Speakin' in general, I'ave ...
Madam And The Phone Bill (Langston Hughes Poem)
You say I O.K.ed LONG DISTANCE? O.K.ed it when? My goodness, Central That was then! I'm mad and disgusted With ...
The Vision of Judgment (Lord Byron Poem)
BY QUEVEDO REDIVIVUS SUGGESTED BY THE COMPOSITION SO ENTITLED BY THE AUTHOR OF 'WAT TYLER' 'A Daniel come to judgment! ...
Bill’s Grave (Robert William Service Poems)
I'm gatherin' flowers by the wayside to lay on the grave of Bill; I've sneaked away from the billet, 'cause ...
My Job (Robert William Service Poems)
I've got a little job on 'and, the time is drawin' nigh; At seven by the Captain's watch I'm due ...
The Odyssey Of ‘Erbert ‘Iggins (Robert William Service Poems)
Me and Ed and a stretcher Out on the nootral ground. (If there's one dead corpse, I'll betcher There's a ...
Investigating Flora (Andrew Barton Paterson Poems)
'Twas in scientific circles That the great Professor Brown Had a world-wide reputation As a writer of renown. He had ...
Captain Stratton’s Fancy (John Masefield Poems)
OH some are fond of red wine, and some are fond of white, And some are all for dancing by ...
A Florida Ghost. (Sidney Lanier Poems)
Down mildest shores of milk-white sand, By cape and fair Floridian bay, Twixt billowy pines -- a surf asleep on ...