The Swanks of Gosh (C J Dennis Poems)
Come mourn with me for the land of Gosh, Oh, weep with me for the luckless GlugsOf the land of ...
Come mourn with me for the land of Gosh, Oh, weep with me for the luckless GlugsOf the land of ...
When I'm out among the fellows, with the work to hold my mind,Then there's heaps of joy in livin' an' ...
Sowin' things an' growin' things, an' watchin' of 'em grow;That's the game, my father said, an' father ought to know."Settin' ...
Lord, Thou hast given unto us a land. In Thy beneficence Thou has ordainedThat we should hold a country ...
Oh, my brothers do not wrangle. When the sweets of office dangle At a most inviting angle ...
Now this is the ballad of Jeremy Jones, And likewise of Bobadil Brown,Of the Snooks and the Snaggers and Macs ...
'E's a tough ole salt, With a 'ide well tanned, ...
CHARLES: So, brother, I am out and yu are in. Farewell, farewell, to all my splendor bright! Yet, ...
On one fine but fatal morning in the early Eocene, Lo, a brawny Bloke set out to dig a hole:First ...
MISTER EDITOR: I'm craving of your space a slice, or shaving - (And it's very precious space, I've always found) ...
Mister Chairman; - er - ah - when We right-thinking business men Are treated with ...
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE (wailing dismally):"Who can deliver us, Lord of our destiny! Out of the depths comes our passionate ...
Kids!Hundreds of 'em for the farmer! Kids of an imported brand;Thousands of 'em for the country! ...
'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 ...
He was obviously English, in his Harris tweeds and stockings.And his accent was of Oxford, and his swagger and his ...
He was lyin' on his bunk, In the hut behind the mill,Ravin' like a man wild drunk, Never silent, ...
Dearest!You know you ever ARE the nearestTo my fond heart.Joking apart,I swear, by all the silly stars above you,Darling, I ...
The unsoiled hand, the sleek, black coat, The senile, ledger-haunted hours,The knowledge that my freeman's vote Is humbly cast to ...
Mr. Pericles, M.P., In four-sixty-nine B.C.,Outed Cimon at a general election; Premier Cimon, thuswise ex-ed, Was quite naturally vexed,And ...
He has made many meals On the Lib'rals of late, And the way that he feels ...
Friends!Have you, too, noticed that calm which descendsUpon affairs today?Search as we may,The papers have few things indeed to sayOf ...
In every little country place, all up and down the land,From ageing cradles of the race to Never-Never Land --From ...
Say you have some great objective.Very well. Be calm, reflective;Make no vulgar show of vigor; 'tisn't good.Do not rush the ...
Now comes to an end all our dolorous drifting;Clouds pass away and depression is lifting. Because we were wise in ...
I am brightly alert and exceedingly pert, And my livery's easily seen;With a bright golden breast and a black-and-white crest, ...
Kilmore cares not who comes nigh.But, with a calm, incurious eye,She sees the swift cars speeding by, Then turns again ...
A lady plump and pleasing And generous and free,Her life is spent in sleek content Beside her inland sea;And, round ...
Rugged men and tough men these, Men of the lonely ways,Hard and sturdy as their trees Where the timbered ranges ...
A country lass with rosy cheeks, A healthy maid with merry ways;Labor 'mid loveliness she seeks, And strives to crowd ...
They were forthright days when Jim was born, When they called a spade a spade.And statesmen held in lofty scorn ...
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