The Push (C J Dennis Poems)
Becos a crook done in a prince, an' narked an Emperor, An' struck a light that set the world aflame;Becos ...
C J Dennis Poems on Gold (28 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 ...
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, ...
On the Road to Jericho (C J Dennis Poems)
It is written: On the road between Jerusalem of oldAnd Jericho, a certain man was plundered of his gold.For he ...
West (C J Dennis Poems)
I've seen so much uv dirt an' grime I'm mad to 'ave things clean.I've seen so much uv death," 'e ...
Out West (C J Dennis Poems)
I've seen so much uv dirt an' grime I'm mad to 'ave things clean.I've seen so much uv death, ...
Brothers O’ Mine (C J Dennis Poems)
Brothers o' mine, brothers o' mine,All the world over, from pole to pole --All of them brothers of mine and ...
Breathing-Time (C J Dennis Poems)
Peace, perfect peace. . . . Come, lay aside your gun.The danger zone is past; the gauntlet run.The bark of ...
Hopeful Hawkins (C J Dennis Poems)
Hawkins wasn't in the swim at all in Dingo Flat, And to bait him was our chiefest form of ...
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 Spoilers (C J Dennis Poems)
Ye are the Great White People, masters and lords of the earth,Spreading your stern dominion over the world's wide girth.Here, ...
Youth Revisited (C J Dennis Poems)
Can this be the old town of wheat-teams and saddle-hacks, Of Ted Toll's smithy, with the anvil ringing clear,Of stacks ...
Old Town Types No.2 – Red Matt (C J Dennis Poems)
He gleaned all the gossip and he gathered all the news, Mad Matt, the carrier, delivering the grub;He knew ...
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 Handicap (C J Dennis Poems)
I think I should suit, for I've knowledge minute Of all tickets, time-tables, and trains;All speedings and slowings and comings ...
Mid-Winter Monody (C J Dennis Poems)
There's a bleak, black world without, And the rain falls fast;And the wind, with a whine and a shout, Blows ...
Spring Delirium (C J Dennis Poems)
Gold days give way to sudden rain, But what, I ask, of that?For I am my own man again, And ...
Bendigo (C J Dennis Poems)
A golden maid whose golden voice Calls to the northern lands,Of riches she has had her choice.Twin treasures to make ...
Kilmore (C J Dennis Poems)
Kilmore cares not who comes nigh.But, with a calm, incurious eye,She sees the swift cars speeding by, Then turns again ...
The Exception (C J Dennis Poems)
I dance upon the wash-house roof, And fill my hair with straws,And from my fellows keep aloof. I'll tell you ...
Healesville (C J Dennis Poems)
Healesville is a smiling lass, 'Mid her encircling hills,Where down full many a mountain pass The gold of wattle spills.She ...
The Golden Age (C J Dennis Poems)
Is it the dawn of a Golden Age And a swift release from pain?The politicians fight and rage Where doubt ...
Bright (C J Dennis Poems)
Where Feathertop frowns thro' the winter scud, Where Buffalo broods on high,Dwells she, a lass of royal blood, And a ...
Dargo (C J Dennis Poems)
Dargo is a dark-haired lass Prone to independent ways;Few men know her, fewer pass, Where her pleasant river playsBut the ...
The Blue Kingfisher (C J Dennis Poems)
Where the little river gleaming Thro' its shadows green and coolBroadens to the quiet dreaming Of a little shady pool;There ...
Dusk (C J Dennis Poems)
Now is the healing, quiet hour that fills This gay, green world with peace and grateful rest.Where lately over opalescent ...
Happy Heathen: (With limited apologies to G.K.C.) (C J Dennis Poems)
The heathen's not efficient; He sits down in the sunAnd doesn't care a tuppn'y dump When the day's work's begun.He ...
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, ...