The Insect (C J Dennis Poems)
From Camoweal to Windywoe, from Windywoe to Thirstyville,We'll drag the line around the map, along the plain, and up the ...
From Camoweal to Windywoe, from Windywoe to Thirstyville,We'll drag the line around the map, along the plain, and up the ...
Ah, wot's the use? she sez. "Lea' me alone! Why can't I go to 'ell in my own way?I never ...
When I'm out among the fellows, with the work to hold my mind,Then there's heaps of joy in livin' an' ...
Follow the river and cross the ford, Follow again to the wobbly bridge,Turn to the left at the notice board, ...
At any other time of yearIt might have passed, but Spring is queer. He says somethin' - I dunno - ...
Hi, it's a funny world! This mornin' when I wokeI saw red robin on the fence, an' heard the words ...
Charity, Charity - parson and priest Ever in church and in chapel have taught -"Give ye in charity e'en to ...
I got so down to it last night, With longin' for what could not be,That nothin' in the world seemed ...
Because a little vagrant wind veered south from China Sea;Or else, because a sun-spot stirred; and yet again, maybeBecause some ...
Aye, call it murder is ye will! 'Tis not the crime I fear.If his cold curse would but lie still ...
Gyved and chained in his father's home, He toiled 'neath a conqueror's rule;Bowed to the earth in the land of ...
MISTER EDITOR: I'm craving of your space a slice, or shaving - (And it's very precious space, I've always found) ...
Reynard, the Fox, was asked to a party."Come", they said, in your Sunday best,For we like good form, tho' the ...
Where is this glum Victorian -- This man of mien forlorn --Fit but for some historian To heap with ...
Mr Mead, the printer -- so the townsfolk called him; But never in his presence since his reign began;Such a ...
Callithumpus Kevin Kerr was a young astronomer, Rich and handsome, eligible, sound and single,Somewhat absent as to mind, and peculiarly ...
They say the eagle is a bird That sees some splendid sightsWhen he soars high into the sky Upon his ...
Men of the sea (said Bones, A.B.) Is touchy coves and curious,They stands a lot, till some dark plot Gets ...
A little of fretting, a little of getting, A little of slaving and saving, may be;A little of spending, a ...
Gold days give way to sudden rain, But what, I ask, of that?For I am my own man again, And ...
Hi, Cockalorum! But - Misery me!What is the aftermath going to be? With joy at its zenith and sorrow its ...
A new chum went, to ease his care, A-many years ago,To loiter round Toolangi where The stately blue ...
Sadly sobbing, sadly sobbing, Rolls the restless wireless sea,Where the wireless waves go bobbing Up and down so dolefully.And nothing ...
This Cen-TEEN-ary, sez 'e --Sez I, "You'll pardon me." (Perlite, like that, first off, and 'arf in laughter)."You'll pardon me, ...
What's the use? Give it best;Cut her loose; Have a rest.Hope is dead; Gloom collects,Nuff is said - ...
Ah, prithee friend, if thou has ought Of love and kind regard for meTell not you bore the stories droll ...
What (said the poet) should we care For all this mad world's phantasies,For rumours rife upon the air Of terrors ...
As I walked out one brave spring morn, When earth was young and new,I met a laughing mountain maid As ...
The diggers came from Bendigo, From Albury the drovers,From where the Goulburn waters flowCame bearded teamsters travelling slow. ...
Because to him the wise gods gave Rare gifts, to lesser folk denied,He might have thriven, Mammon's slave,Rich in the ...
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