The Kid (C J Dennis Poems)
My son! . . . Them words, jist like a blessed song,Is singin' in me 'eart the 'ole day long; ...
C J Dennis Poems on Fathers (30 Poems)
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 ...
Dummy Bridge (C J Dennis Poems)
If I'd 'a' played me Jack on that there Ten Sez Peter Begg, "I might 'a' made the lot.""'Ow could ...
The Stror ‘At Coot (C J Dennis Poems)
Ar, wimmin! Wot a blinded fool I've been! I arsts meself, wot else could I ixpeck?I done me block complete ...
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 ...
Wheat (C J Dennis Poems)
Sowin' things an' growin' things, an' watchin' of 'em grow;That's the game, my father said, an' father ought to know."Settin' ...
Sym, Son of Joy (C J Dennis Poems)
Now Joi, the rebel, he had a son In far, far Gosh where the tall trees wave.Said Joi: "In Gosh ...
Jim (C J Dennis Poems)
Now, be the Hokey Fly! sez Peter Begg."Suppose 'e comes 'ome with a wooden leg. Suppose 'e isn't fit to ...
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 ...
Vi’lits (C J Dennis Poems)
I wus pickin' gipsy vi'lits fer to try an' square Doreen.We 'ad words . . . about pianners - fer ...
Digger Smith (C J Dennis Poems)
'E calls me Digger; that's 'ow 'e begins.'E sez 'e's only 'arf a man; an' grins. Judged be 'is nerve, ...
The Boys Out There (C J Dennis Poems)
Why do they do it? I dunno, Sez Digger Smith. "Yeh got me beat.Some uv the yarns yeh 'ear is ...
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 ...
A Bush Christmas (C J Dennis Poems)
The sun burns hotly thro' the gumsAs down the road old Rogan comes - The hatter from the lonely ...
‘Urry (C J Dennis Poems)
Now, Ma-til-der! Ain't cher dressed yet? I declare, the girl ain't up!Last as ushul. Move yerself, you sleepy'-ead!Are you goin' ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
Old Town Types No. 6 – Flash Phil (C J Dennis Poems)
Still I've the picture of him -- Flash Phil Galloway; In a shining dog-cart driving down the road;Spanking ponies dashing ...
The Hidden City (C J Dennis Poems)
It was the schooner Desperate That sailed the southern sea,And the skipper had brought his little daughter To our centenary.Blue ...
Kemal – The Posh Pasha (C J Dennis Poems)
We have heard of the mythical lands of the East And of caliphs and sultans galore;Of Haroun al Raschid, of ...
‘The Yellow Tailed Thornbill’ (C J Dennis Poems)
I'm a fussy little fellowIn my kilt of glowing yellow; As about the garden ways I bow and bend.Many a ...
A Fair Warning (C J Dennis Poems)
Let 'em come, by gum! That's all I say.Let me see one of 'em up this way,With their sacks a-back ...
Billy’s Policeman (C J Dennis Poems)
I knew a policeman once -- And this is true as it ever could be --Who made me feel an ...
Lotsertime (C J Dennis Poems)
Aw, chuck the mail bags over there, It's great to have 'em brought by air; But, now they're ...
The Warrior King (C J Dennis Poems)
Albert, King of the Belgians, Lived for his whole reign thro'The father and friend of his people, Soldier and statesman, ...
Ballarat (C J Dennis Poems)
The digger's cultured daughter: Her youth was wildly free.Now by the placid water Of tree-girt WendoureeShe walks, a gracious lady, ...
I Wonder (C J Dennis Poems)
I wonder what the Jacks have got to laugh and laugh about.I'm sure the worms don't see the joke when ...
The Modern Cherub (C J Dennis Poems)
Give me a dad who knows his place And never gives me cheek,And a mother mild who treats her child ...
Lullaby (C J Dennis Poems)
You are much too big to dandle,And I will not leave the candle. Go to sleep.You are growing naughty, ...