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 Speaking (35 Poems)
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 ...
The Debate (C J Dennis Poems)
He was a Glug of simple charm;He wished no living creature harm. His kindly smile like sunlight fell On all ...
Dummy Bridge (C J Dennis Poems)
If I'd 'a' played me Jack on that there Ten Sez Peter Begg, "I might 'a' made the lot.""'Ow could ...
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 ...
The Seer (C J Dennis Poems)
Somewhere or other, 'tis doubtful where,In the archives of Gosh is a volume rare, A precious old classic that nobody ...
Hitched (C J Dennis Poems)
An'—wilt—yeh—take—this—woman—fer—to—be Yer—wedded—wife?— . . . O, strike me! Will I wot?Take 'er? Doreen? 'E stan's there arstin' me! As if ...
The Intro (C J Dennis Poems)
'Er name's Doreen…Well spare me bloomin' days!You could er knocked me down wiv 'arf a brick! Yes, me, that kids ...
The Philistine (C J Dennis Poems)
Smith is a very stupid man; He lives next door to me;He has no settled scheme or plan ...
Cackle (C J Dennis Poems)
Oh, my brothers do not wrangle. When the sweets of office dangle At a most inviting angle ...
The Game (C J Dennis Poems)
Ho! the sky's as blue as blazes an' the sun is shinin' bright, An' the dicky birds is singin' over'ead,An' ...
Guardian Angels (C J Dennis Poems)
Brothers; even those of you who are already in the sear and yellow leaf, and full of years and ...
The End of Joi (C J Dennis Poems)
They climbed the trees . . . As was told before,The Glugs climbed trees in the days of yore, When ...
Beef Tea (C J Dennis Poems)
She never nagged; she never said no word; But sat an' looked at me an' never stirred. I could ...
The Minglers (C J Dennis Poems)
A sight that gives me much distress Is George without his trousers,Garbed, scantily, in bathing dress Proscribed by saintly Wowsers,And ...
Pilot Cove (C J Dennis Poems)
Young friend, 'e sez . . . Young friend! Well, spare me days! Yeh'd think I wus 'is own white ...
The Age of Reason (C J Dennis Poems)
Whene'er I read some savage tale Of punishment devisedBy tyrants in an olden day, When serfs were victimised,I reverently tell ...
The Apologist (C J Dennis Poems)
Dear friends, I'm Deakin....No; no mistake,You're wide awake.It's ALF that's speakin'...I wish to makeA few remarks about - Eh? What,O, ...
The Interloper (C J Dennis Poems)
The Honourable TORYPHAT addressed the meeting: 'Hem!(Prolonged applause.) Ah - Mistah Chairman, gentlemen. To stemThe tide of Socialism - rabid ...
Sawin’ Wood (C J Dennis Poems)
I wondered wot was doin'. First I seenOle Missus Flood wave signals to Doreen. I'm in the paddick slashin' down ...
Hopeful Hawkins (C J Dennis Poems)
Hawkins wasn't in the swim at all in Dingo Flat, And to bait him was our chiefest form of ...
The Clerk (C J Dennis Poems)
The unsoiled hand, the sleek, black coat, The senile, ledger-haunted hours,The knowledge that my freeman's vote Is humbly cast to ...
Aha! Beware (C J Dennis Poems)
Aha! Beware! I know your guilty past! I was a witness of that secret crime.One word! and all your fondest ...
The Defence (C J Dennis Poems)
Not guilty, yer Honers! I talks to yer straight! An' I calls it a pretty crook game -An' an 'og ...
The Anonymous Altruist (C J Dennis Poems)
A mysterious cove in the Customs -- The boss, so to speak, of the Ban --I have blamed a good ...
Definitions (C J Dennis Poems)
We have heard it. Oft we heard it long before we came of age.In whatever fields we practise, art whatever ...
Ideal And Aftermath (C J Dennis Poems)
I wed him because he looked nice (said she) And I feared to be left on the shelf.For I wouldn't ...
Redivivus (C J Dennis Poems)
To-day I took old rhymes that I had written. And read them through, each one unto the end:When with a ...
An Appeal to End Appeals (C J Dennis Poems)
Sir, -- I try to do my duty as a patriotic man With sane views about the science of gastronomy;And ...
Adulations Artful Aid (C J Dennis Poems)
Some of us may be tall, ma'am; Some of us may be dark;Some handsome; tho' not all, ma'am, Are touched ...