Nocturne (C J Dennis Poems)
I'm standin' at the corner uv the Lane -- The Land called Spadgers -- waiting fer 'is jills.The night's come ...
C J Dennis Poems on Charity (44 Poems)
A Ballad of Freedom (C J Dennis Poems)
Now Mr. Jeremiah BaneHe owned a warehouse in The Lane,An edifice of goodly size,Where, with keen private enterprise, He sold ...
The Seer (C J Dennis Poems)
Somewhere or other, 'tis doubtful where,In the archives of Gosh is a volume rare, A precious old classic that nobody ...
Rose (C J Dennis Poems)
Ah, wot's the use? she sez. "Lea' me alone! Why can't I go to 'ell in my own way?I never ...
Emily Ann (C J Dennis Poems)
Government muddles, departments dazed,Fear and confusion wherever he gazed; Order insulted, authority spurned, Dread and distraction wherever he turned -Oh, ...
The Growth of Sym (C J Dennis Poems)
Now Sym was a Glug; and 'tis mentioned soThat the tale reads perfectly plain as we go. In his veins ...
Hymn of Futility (C J Dennis Poems)
Lord, Thou hast given unto us a land. In Thy beneficence Thou has ordainedThat we should hold a country ...
Introduction to Ginger Mick (C J Dennis Poems)
Jist to intraj'uice me cobber, an 'is name is Ginger Mick -A rorty boy, a naughty boy, wiv rude impressions ...
The Mendicants (C J Dennis Poems)
Charity, Charity - parson and priest Ever in church and in chapel have taught -"Give ye in charity e'en to ...
Old Bob Blair (C J Dennis Poems)
I got so down to it last night, With longin' for what could not be,That nothin' in the world seemed ...
The Glug Quest (C J Dennis Poems)
Follow the river and cross the ford, Follow again to the wobbly bridge,Turn to the left at the notice board, ...
Dad (C J Dennis Poems)
I've knowed ole Flood this last five year or more;I knoo 'im when 'is Syd went to the war. A ...
Hundreds And Thousands (C J Dennis Poems)
But a scant 2000 folk, no more, Sitting solemn-faced within the pews,While the parsons preach and outward pour, In divers ...
Son of a Fool (C J Dennis Poems)
Gyved and chained in his father's home, He toiled 'neath a conqueror's rule;Bowed to the earth in the land of ...
The Wobble (C J Dennis Poems)
Now the Wobble went out on the roaring tide,With a dry dog trotting along by its side;Went over the sea ...
The Anti-Socialist (C J Dennis Poems)
'Tis morn.An individualistic cockProclaims the fact.The dissipated cat sneaks home forlorn.'Tis time to get up and act!'Tis eight o'clock!The stern ...
The Boon of Discontent (C J Dennis Poems)
Once an anthropoidal ape, Hairy, savage, strange of shape,On a day that was excessively B.C., In a forest damp ...
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 ...
Dad’s Philanthropic Plan (C J Dennis Poems)
I knew an old philanthropist, a farming man was he,Shrewd at a deal, but still withal a man of charity.He ...
Affable Alf (C J Dennis Poems)
Have you heard the inscrutable mutable Alf,The mannerly man with the silvery tongue? Ever ...
Hakim Kahn (C J Dennis Poems)
When first I found this forest place More years ago than I can tell,I met a man of alien race ...
Playtime (C J Dennis Poems)
Brothers!(I address myself to that chosen few -- which includes you,My dear reader -- whoAre men of understanding, bright intellect ...
Mallee Wife (C J Dennis Poems)
Home's best (she said), and the taleOf the hungering soil and the flail Of the sun and the shuddering threat ...
Introducing the Day Family (C J Dennis Poems)
Sun Day is a simple child, Face new washed and shining;In the morning prim and mild - Church and ...
Wisdom after Victory (C J Dennis Poems)
Now comes to an end all our dolorous drifting;Clouds pass away and depression is lifting. Because we were wise in ...
Yule Fever (With apologies to the King’s Minstrel) (C J Dennis Poems)
I must go down to the shops again, to the crowded shops go IAnd all I have is a long ...
Laissez-Faire (C J Dennis Poems)
We'd harbored them on hovels, and in dens, Altho' in price they counted less than cattle,Had they not still the ...
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 ...
On With the Dance! (C J Dennis Poems)
Hi, Cockalorum! But - Misery me!What is the aftermath going to be? With joy at its zenith and sorrow its ...