March of Memories (C J Dennis Poems)
Left, right - left, right . . . We march today for memories (the grizzled Digger said)Memories of lost dreams ...
C J Dennis Poems on Chance (63 Poems)
In The First Elective Ministry (C J Dennis Poems)
In the neolithic age of our Australia, long ago,There dwelt a wise old chieftain, as you probably don't know;His royal ...
The Bucolics (C J Dennis Poems)
Ladies and gentlemen: I take this opportunityTo introduce myself and mention that, much as we may deplore the fact, we ...
The Reaper in the Bush (C J Dennis Poems)
He was lyin' on his bunk, In the hut behind the mill,Ravin' like a man wild drunk, Never silent, ...
Cheek (C J Dennis Poems)
When PHARAOH chased the chosen Jew, and perished in the sea,Things seemed to hint at failure in the PHARAOH policy.For ...
A Matter Of Degree (C J Dennis Poems)
B. SMITH would most undoubtedly be very, very crossIf some rude person called him Jap, and yet, I'm at a ...
The Wonders of the One Pound Note (C J Dennis Poems)
Brothers!You .... with but a sixpence in your pocket, and you with half a "quid," and you with a ...
The Merry Sportsmen (C J Dennis Poems)
'Arry an' me is bits of sports; When the summer comes aroundWe gits our sweaters an' guns an' shorts An' ...
Knights Of The Never Never (C J Dennis Poems)
When I rode with young Sid Kidman out across the Yarrowie Plain --In that year the Long Drought ended, and ...
Our Black Brudder (C J Dennis Poems)
O, fellow Australians, listen, attend: We must cease our contemptuous swearingAnd cursing and sneering at Bull's colored friend, For our ...
The Bush Veteran (C J Dennis Poems)
Old Pete Parraday, he toddles up the road,"Dangin'" things and "darn in'" things and hefting of his load For yesterday ...
Galloping Days (C J Dennis Poems)
Galloping, galloping, galloping horses Weave thro' our dreaming in burgeoning Spring;There's sun in our hearts and there's sun on the ...
The Germ Chaser (C J Dennis Poems)
I knew a careful lady onceWho read a book by Dr. Bunce,A wise authority on wogsThat roam about in dust ...
Why a Picnic, Jane? (C J Dennis Poems)
But, why a picnic, Jane? We went last year, And missed the Cup; and you know how you grievedBecause we ...
A Post-Cup Tale (C J Dennis Poems)
I'ad the money in me 'and!Fair dinkum! Right there, by the stand. I tole me wife at breakfus' time, ...
George Jones Reflects (C J Dennis Poems)
It's up an' down, as me father said, An' his as went before him --Good days could never turn his ...
Fred (C J Dennis Poems)
Do you know Fred? Now there's a man to know These days when politics are in the air, An' ...
The Creed of Old George Jones (C J Dennis Poems)
A little of fretting, a little of getting, A little of slaving and saving, may be;A little of spending, a ...
The Barter Boom (C J Dennis Poems)
Now, since man became a martyr To this economic stress,He has sought relief, in barter, From financial wretchedness;So, dispensing with ...
The Way Out (C J Dennis Poems)
There must be some way out, they say. "There must be some way out!We've fallen on an evil day; That ...
Ethics for Infants (C J Dennis Poems)
Now, children, in this lesson of a rather novel sortLet us dwell, however briefly, on the moral phase of sport, ...
My Scenario (C J Dennis Poems)
Oh, I've got a lovely story that I've thought out all myself. It will make a gorgeous picture, I am ...
The Old Gunn’s Gully Line (C J Dennis Poems)
The ole train puffs in once a day On the ole Gunn's Gully line;In a lazy, leisurely kind o' way ...
The Dark Horse (C J Dennis Poems)
Do you know this mysterious, serious Watt --Who sits at the game with the cards in his sleeve; Watching and ...
‘The Wonga Pigeon’ (C J Dennis Poems)
Men knew and loved my calling in old days -- Days ere a bitter wisdom taught me fear.Trusting and unafraid, ...
Fire Bugs (C J Dennis Poems)
Look 'ere. I'll bet a 'arf-a-crown To anythink you like to name (said Bushy Bill),If country fellers went to town,An' ...
Our Rampant Coat-Of-Arms (C J Dennis Poems)
The Lion and the Unicorn Of England's Coat-of-ArmsSeldom make bold, so we are told, To ravage English farms.In fact, 'tis ...
Echuca (C J Dennis Poems)
With wood and wool for Adelaide The paddle boats came downWhen here this spritely river maid Built up her river ...
The Satin Bower-Bird (C J Dennis Poems)
Spare a bloom of blue, lady, To adorn a bower.A violet will do, lady - Any azure flower.Since ...
The Day of Unrest (C J Dennis Poems)
There ain't enough of strikes an' things, There ain't enough of strife,There ain't enough dislikes an' things In this 'ere ...