A New Damon And Pythias (C J Dennis Poems)
CHARLES: So, brother, I am out and yu are in. Farewell, farewell, to all my splendor bright! Yet, ...
C J Dennis Poems on Faces (88 Poems)
A Letter To The Front (C J Dennis Poems)
I 'ave written Mick a letter in reply to one uv 'is,Where 'e arsts 'ow things is goin' where the ...
Ogs (C J Dennis Poems)
It chanced one day, in the middle of May, There came to the great King SploshA policeman, who said, while ...
The Minglers (C J Dennis Poems)
A sight that gives me much distress Is George without his trousers,Garbed, scantily, in bathing dress Proscribed by saintly Wowsers,And ...
Half a Man (C J Dennis Poems)
I wash me 'ands uv 'im, I tells 'em straight. "You women can do wot yeh dash well like.I leave ...
The Stoush O’ Day (C J Dennis Poems)
Ar, these is 'appy days! An' 'ow they've flown - Flown like the smoke of some inchanted fag;Since dear Doreen, ...
The Joy Ride (C J Dennis Poems)
Ah Gawd! It makes me sick to think Of what I 'eard an' seen;Poor 'Arry like a wet rag flung ...
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 ...
An Old Master (C J Dennis Poems)
We were cartin' lathes and palin's from the slopes of Mount St. Leonard,With our axles near the road-bed and the ...
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, ...
The I’d like to be…….. series (C J Dennis Poems)
The SailorI'd like to be a sailor - a sailor bold and bluff -Calling out, "Ship ahoy!" in manly tones ...
A Song Of Anzac (C J Dennis Poems)
When I'm sittin' in me dug-out, with me rifle on me knees, An' a yowlin', 'owlin' chorus comes a-floatin' up ...
Ballad of Bopard Defied (C J Dennis Poems)
As I came to a playing-field on happy summer dayTwo strudy youths I did espy; at cricket they did play. ...
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 ...
K’Shoo (C J Dennis Poems)
A Seasodable RhybeWhen your dose is code as barble, Ad you sduffle all the day,Ad your head id is behavig ...
The Crisis (C J Dennis Poems)
Be-wigged and gowned, the Speaker frowned, And his frown was ill to see."Oddsfish!" he spake, "Do I mistake? Stands 'And' ...
A Matter Of Privacy (C J Dennis Poems)
Ben Bowyang spluttered with rage suppressed, "Hi, there!" And his brow was black,As two by two and three by three ...
Old Town Types No. 25 – Black Peter Myloh (C J Dennis Poems)
A man was Peter Myloh, strong-browed and black of face,Australian Aboriginal, son of a dark doomed race. And even I, ...
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' ...
The Spotted Heifers (C J Dennis Poems)
Mr Jeremiah JeffersOwned a pair of spotted heifersThese he sold for two pounds tenTo Mr Robert Raymond WrenWho reared them ...
City of Dreams (C J Dennis Poems)
Oh, we might have a marvellous city Were we only less keen on cashLess avid for things -- more's the ...
Old Town Types No. 22 – The Baker – Mr Brackenby (C J Dennis Poems)
Our baker, Mr Brackenby, toiler in the night,Was a lean, tall, glum man whose face was very white;A brooding man ...
An Echo from Africa (C J Dennis Poems)
Da ruction happen by Nicko's place Las' week, in da deada da night.Da copper he very near cop da case ...
The Hacking Song (C J Dennis Poems)
Yes, it's tryin', Mrs Gudgits. Very tryin', as you say.To 'ave a 'usban' on yer 'an's not only night but ...
Wangled by the Wayside (C J Dennis Poems)
Country blokes is kind, he said, And sat upon his swag(I had no pipe tobacco, So he said he'd "risk ...
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 ...
A Deep Sea Chantey [New Style] (C J Dennis Poems)
We didn't like the bo'sun's mate --(Yo, 'eave ho! an' a bottle o' lemonade or somethin' soft, Miss).Becos 'is dile ...
Weary (C J Dennis Poems)
Aw, I'm sick o' the whole darn human race, An' I'm sick o' this mundane ball;I'm sick o' the sight ...
The Broken Sanctuary (C J Dennis Poems)
I 'ad been bushed in city streets, Where the bricks and mortar grow.I 'ad worked me way through the northern ...
Aesthete in the Avenue (C J Dennis Poems)
Within the wooded avenue I stood, And I was proud.I looked upon the scene and found it good; For here, ...