The Rhymes of Sym (C J Dennis Poems)
Nobody knew why it should be so;Nobody knew or wanted to know. It might have been checked had but someone ...
C J Dennis Poems on Sign & Symbol (25 Poems)
The Kid (C J Dennis Poems)
My son! . . . Them words, jist like a blessed song,Is singin' in me 'eart the 'ole day long; ...
The Battle Of The Wazzir (C J Dennis Poems)
If ole Pharaoh, King of Egyp', 'ad been gazin' on the scene 'E'd' ave give the A.I.F. a narsty nameWhen ...
A Few Remarks on Goats, Asses and the Dead Hand (C J Dennis Poems)
I don't mind kings and dukes and things; I don't mind wigs or maces;I don't mind crowns or robes or ...
A Ballad of Freedom (C J Dennis Poems)
Now Mr. Jeremiah BaneHe owned a warehouse in The Lane,An edifice of goodly size,Where, with keen private enterprise, He sold ...
The Stror ‘At Coot (C J Dennis Poems)
Ar, wimmin! Wot a blinded fool I've been! I arsts meself, wot else could I ixpeck?I done me block complete ...
Hymn of Futility (C J Dennis Poems)
Lord, Thou hast given unto us a land. In Thy beneficence Thou has ordainedThat we should hold a country ...
A War March (C J Dennis Poems)
Ow! Wow! Wow!(Funeral note sustained by flutes, suggesting a long-bodied, short-legged, large-headed dog in anguish.)Ow! Wow!We are the people who ...
The Glug Quest (C J Dennis Poems)
Follow the river and cross the ford, Follow again to the wobbly bridge,Turn to the left at the notice board, ...
The Straight Griffin (C J Dennis Poems)
'Eroes? Orright. You 'ave it 'ow yeh like. Throw up yer little 'at an' come the glad;But not too much ...
War (C J Dennis Poems)
'E sez to me, "Wot's orl this flamin' war? The papers torks uv nothin' else but scraps.An'wot's ole England got ...
The Invalid (C J Dennis Poems)
The pale young man he comes to me, An' chats me good an' fair;"The langwidge that you use," ses he, ...
Come Ye Home (C J Dennis Poems)
Listening (said the old, grey Digger) . . . With my finger on the trigger I was listening in the ...
A Hymn Of Heat (C J Dennis Poems)
When Summer comesTo silence the retreating drums Of stubborn Winter, when content Shall salve my chill predicament.And I shall loll ...
The Shrine (C J Dennis Poems)
For them we have builded a temple To stand as a visible sign.For them we have builded a temple, ...
Old Town Types No. 12 – Mrs Munn, The Nurse (C J Dennis Poems)
Mrs Munn, the midwife - Mother Munn they called her --Wallowed in the world's woes; sickness ne'er appalled her. She ...
The Last Sundowner (C J Dennis Poems)
He sat upon a fallen log And heaved a long, deep sigh.His gnarled hand fondling his old dog As his ...
A Deep Sea Chantey [New Style] (C J Dennis Poems)
We didn't like the bo'sun's mate --(Yo, 'eave ho! an' a bottle o' lemonade or somethin' soft, Miss).Becos 'is dile ...
Early Morning Tea (C J Dennis Poems)
You are growing convalescent As pain's fingers are withdrawn;And you waken in a strange, white room at last; Yet your ...
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 ...
Carnival Time (C J Dennis Poems)
Now is the season of Carnival. Who's for the sunlit course?Who's for the beat of galloping feet And the day ...
Week-ends (C J Dennis Poems)
I don't know what's come to the summer In these dull and decadent years;But a fellow grows glummer and glummer ...
Hitting It Up With Hitler (C J Dennis Poems)
Now, who in the world can understand? Since Tyranny, Freedom's whittler,And the strong-arm band of the Iron Hand Go hitting ...
The Grey Fantail (C J Dennis Poems)
The bushmen call me "Cranky Fan," Because my strange erratic flightSeems to uncomprehending man Sign of a wit not over-bright;But ...
The Lips Of Ages (C J Dennis Poems)
Down thro' the ages these same sticksHave played on man their knavish tricks. Down thro' the ages these false lips ...