El Mahdi to the Australian Troops (Andrew Barton Paterson Poems)
And wherefore have they come, this warlike band, That o'er the ocean many a weary day Have tossed; and now ...
And wherefore have they come, this warlike band, That o'er the ocean many a weary day Have tossed; and now ...
'Tis strange that in a land so strong So strong and bold in mighty youth, We have no poet's voice ...
My horse had been lamed in the foot In the rocks at the back of the run, So I camped ...
'The man who brought the railway through -- our friend the engineer.' They cheer his pluck and enterprise and engineering ...
The drought is down on field and flock, The river-bed is dry; And we must shift the starving stock Before ...
An angel stood beside the bed Where lay the living and the dead. He gave the mother -- her who ...
"He ought to be home," said the old man, "without there's something amiss. He only went to the Two-mile -- ...
'The man who brought the railway through -- our friend the engineer.' They cheer his pluck and enterprise and engineering ...
Grey dawn on the sand-hills -- the night wind has drifted All night from the rollers a scent of the ...
The long day passes with its load of sorrow: In slumber deep I lay me down to rest until tomorrow ...
Out in the grey cheerless chill of the morning light, Out on the track where the night shades still lurk, ...
Shock-headed blackfellow, Boy (on a pony). Snowflakes are falling Gentle and slow, Youngster says, "Frying Pan What makes it snow?" ...
What! you don't like him; well, maybe -- we all have our fancies, of course: Brumby to look at, you ...
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