Book Contents: Moods Of Ginger Mick (C J Dennis Poems)
MOODS OF GINGER MICKThis book was dedicated to "THE BOYS WHO TOOK THE ...
C J Dennis Poems on Romantic Love (22 Poems)
Introduction: Rose of Spadgers (C J Dennis Poems)
I've crawled; I've eaten dirt; I've lied a treat;I've dodged the cops an' led a double life;I've readied up wild ...
The Play (C J Dennis Poems)
Wot's in a name? — she sez . . . An' then she sighs, An' clasps 'er little 'ands, an' ...
In Spadger’s Lane (C J Dennis Poems)
Ole Mother Moon 'oo yanks 'er beamin' dile Acrost the sky when we've grown sick o' day,She's like some fat ...
Duck an’ Fowl (C J Dennis Poems)
Now, when a bloke 'e cracks a bloke fer insults to a skirt, An' wrecks a joint to square a ...
The Call of Stoush (C J Dennis Poems)
Wot price ole Ginger Mick? 'E's done a break - Gone to the flamin' war to stoush the foe.Wus it ...
A Song of Rain (C J Dennis Poems)
Because a little vagrant wind veered south from China Sea;Or else, because a sun-spot stirred; and yet again, maybeBecause some ...
A Love Letter (C J Dennis Poems)
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 White Foxglove (C J Dennis Poems)
Reynard, the Fox, was asked to a party."Come", they said, in your Sunday best,For we like good form, tho' the ...
Knights Of The Never Never (C J Dennis Poems)
When I rode with young Sid Kidman out across the Yarrowie Plain --In that year the Long Drought ended, and ...
Listen, Elaine! (C J Dennis Poems)
Listen, Elaine. Tho' I'm not mad on racing, I like a little flutter now and then;But I maintain you would ...
Coquette (C J Dennis Poems)
Spring is a flirt. Unexpectedly gleaming Over the shoulder of some far blue hill.We glimpse the blue eyes of her, ...
Spots Through the Ages (C J Dennis Poems)
Romance goes out of everything in these days of ill grace,And even old John Barleycorn grows "standardised" apace;Once henchman of ...
Fruits of Victory (C J Dennis Poems)
These be the fruits, O man who would out-loom The proudest Caesar of Rome's proudest story,When legion after legion marched ...
War’s End Armistice Day 1935 (C J Dennis Poems)
Greyer and older, still they stand Wearier, quieter, still they pray;Men who had offered their all to a land. And ...
Drapers Dummies (C J Dennis Poems)
What do they dream about standing there In the windows facing the street?Eyes transfixed in a strange, far stare, Smiles ...
Loving But Leaving (A Sob Song for Conscientious Crooners) (C J Dennis Poems)
When I led you to the altar Vows were made, you'll call to mindDarling wife. Now a defaulter Must I ...
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 ...
Echuca (C J Dennis Poems)
With wood and wool for Adelaide The paddle boats came downWhen here this spritely river maid Built up her river ...
Beauty’s Blemish (C J Dennis Poems)
You are as young, O lady mine, As ere you were in olden days,Your lips are red, your blue eyes ...
Moonlight (C J Dennis Poems)
I love you, dear, o' morn and moon. I love your ev'ry mood and guise;But, neath the soft, enchanting moon, ...
Lines to a Canberra Stamp (C J Dennis Poems)
Lady of the ample charms,With a housemaid's hefty arms, Why wave you that fish-bone high 'Gainst Canberra's murky sky?Lady of ...