The Madman (C J Dennis Poems)
I should go mad, he said, "in such a place! The lack of company, the loneliness!Nothing but trees to ...
C J Dennis Poems on Life (121 Poems)
Colac (C J Dennis Poems)
A lady plump and pleasing And generous and free,Her life is spent in sleek content Beside her inland sea;And, round ...
A Forest Scene (C J Dennis Poems)
As I went down a forest place At the closing of the yearTo find me peace, and gather grace In ...
The Magpie Lark (C J Dennis Poems)
By lagoons and reedy places,Where the little river races By the lips of dreaming pools Where the soothing water coolsMany ...
George Jones Wonders (C J Dennis Poems)
When I was young, said old George Jones (And rumbling from his bearded lips,His deep voice boomed in measured tones) ...
The Faith of Old George Jones [2] (C J Dennis Poems)
Long faces, hangin' lips an' eyes without a smile, Meegrims an' mulligrubs, mournfulness an' moans,Faith in the future gone to ...
Mr Fitzmickle Has A Test Match Fright (C J Dennis Poems)
Mr Fitzmickle, the martinet, Stern lord of his house and kin,Is a small, bald man, and a cricket fan Since ...
Geelong (C J Dennis Poems)
The earliest lady in the land, Her pride of caste is high.Where blue Corio's gleaming strand Dream 'neath a peaceful ...
The Shorter Week (C J Dennis Poems)
I worked for fifty hours a week, And someone said to me,"Don't be a serf! Throw off your chains, And ...
The Old Brass Rail (C J Dennis Poems)
Foot on the rail in the olden days, For all the world to see,A jolly old lot, they took their ...
The Idle Son (C J Dennis Poems)
Young Benjamin left school this year And stepped right in a job;And he starts in hope of a ...
Ballad of Lieges Loyal (C J Dennis Poems)
Son of our King: When yoemen sailed From Britain to expand her sway,The coward from High venture quailed, The weakling ...
The Rose and the Bee (C J Dennis Poems)
Well, what tidings today? said the bee To the burgeoning rose."You are young, yet already you see Much of life, ...
Mildura (C J Dennis Poems)
Where the sunlight, burning down, Lights her luscious orange groves,Lights the river and the town; Where the placid Murray roves;Where ...
A Beauty Hint (C J Dennis Poems)
Sweet, think how much the better it would be If you thro' life should thus preserve your beauty.It really doesn't ...
Yarra Glen (C J Dennis Poems)
Where the Yarra dreams along, Now in shadow, now in sun,Murmuring a drowsy song, Here she rests, the placid one.Here ...
The Indian Myna (C J Dennis Poems)
Gimme the town an' its clamour an' clutter; I ain't very fond of the bush;For my cobbers are coves of ...
John Galsworthy (C J Dennis Poems)
Not for vague honors, not for treacherous power He lived and toiled thro' this, his earthy span;But to uphold and ...
Heigh, Ho! (C J Dennis Poems)
Heigh, ho! But they're talking, talking,As the cold, hard streets we're walkingSeeking work at any wage,While the talkers rant and ...
Leg Theory (C J Dennis Poems)
Oh, what a pleasant game is life When we are bravely battingAnd glorying in skill and strife. We ...
The Day of Unrest (C J Dennis Poems)
There ain't enough of strikes an' things, There ain't enough of strife,There ain't enough dislikes an' things In this 'ere ...
Black Saturday (C J Dennis Poems)
They say a touch of spring is in the air; They say the wattle trees with bloom are gay;They say ...
Birthday Honours (C J Dennis Poems)
My natal day was yesterday; And so I said to Fate,"What gifts bring you, by one, by two, To ease ...
The Mercenary View (C J Dennis Poems)
I knew a poor remittance man, A decent chap, but funny,In days when my ideas began To be controlled ...
Vale` John Monash (C J Dennis Poems)
So ends a life, lived to the full alway, Thro' peace, thro' war, thro' honored peace again,From youth unto the ...
The Deadly Dummy (C J Dennis Poems)
It's the dummy wot done it, said Bleary Bill."As a child I was out o' luck.A kid in me pram, ...
The Alternative – 1927 (C J Dennis Poems)
Betty Yack, of Mittyack, charming was and young;But Betty Yack of Mittyack, had a bitter tongue.And she married her one ...
Sling It! (C J Dennis Poems)
Blimey! Ain't it gittin' tough? Life gits 'arder day by day.First a bloke ain't got enough Words for wot 'e ...
Good Friday (C J Dennis Poems)
So we forget? The streets bloom gay With festive garments, many hued;And man and maid laugh down the way With ...
An Epitaph (C J Dennis Poems)
I've lived a rather careless life, And many a fault have I;But I'd have you not stress the strife What ...