The Swanks of Gosh (C J Dennis Poems)
Come mourn with me for the land of Gosh, Oh, weep with me for the luckless GlugsOf the land of ...
C J Dennis Poems on Sports (25 Poems)
Ginger’s Cobber (C J Dennis Poems)
'E wears perjarmer soots an' cleans 'is teeth, That's wot I reads. It fairly knocked me flat,"Me soljer cobber, be ...
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 ...
Blokes (C J Dennis Poems)
Blokes ~ 'ErbDo you know 'Erb? Now, there's a dinkum sport. If football's on your mind, why, 'Erb's the sort ...
The Calm (C J Dennis Poems)
Brothers, have you observed the calm?Even the leaves of that symbolic palmThat denotes peace, political and otherwise, are scarcely stirredBy ...
The Bar-Room Patriot (C J Dennis Poems)
Why, 'ow's she goin', Bill, ole sport? I thort I knoo your dile!My oath! You look the proper sort! That ...
Listeners Luck (C J Dennis Poems)
My sort, she sez, "don't meet no fairy prince." I can't 'elp 'earin' part uv wot was said ...
A Square Deal (C J Dennis Poems)
Dreamin'? I sez to Digger Smith. "Buck up, ole sport, an' smile.Ain't there enough uv joy to-dayTo drive the bogey ...
The Hulk (C J Dennis Poems)
Now, 'ere's my tip Fer the Fusion ship, An' I tells it straight an' square. ...
Breathing-Time (C J Dennis Poems)
Peace, perfect peace. . . . Come, lay aside your gun.The danger zone is past; the gauntlet run.The bark of ...
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 High Priest (C J Dennis Poems)
Nay, why do foolish politicians strive To win a fleeting popularity?In vain, in vain, they jealously contrive To turn the ...
The Austral-Aise (C J Dennis Poems)
Fellers of Australier, Blokes an' coves an' coots,Shift yer —- carcases, Move yer —- boots.Gird yer —- loins up, Get ...
The Merry Sportsmen (C J Dennis Poems)
'Arry an' me is bits of sports; When the summer comes aroundWe gits our sweaters an' guns an' shorts An' ...
It Isn’t Cricket (C J Dennis Poems)
Hello, old cobber. Well, what's on your mind? You're lookin' awful gloomy and mysteriousDone in your dough? The horses been ...
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 ...
‘Erb (C J Dennis Poems)
Do you know 'Erb? Now, there's a dinkum sport. If football's on your mind, why, 'Erb's the sort To put ...
Bridles for Butterflies (C J Dennis Poems)
They must not talk....That strong and silent creature, The male of homo sapiens, bears the banWith calm aplomb. Speech is ...
Aesthete in the Avenue (C J Dennis Poems)
Within the wooded avenue I stood, And I was proud.I looked upon the scene and found it good; For here, ...
Confidential Canberra (C J Dennis Poems)
Nay, Mr Speaker, let the ideal stay, The picture that voters have in mindOf Solons in debate far leagues away ...
Ethics for Infants (C J Dennis Poems)
Now, children, in this lesson of a rather novel sortLet us dwell, however briefly, on the moral phase of sport, ...
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 ...
Cup Couplets (C J Dennis Poems)
Out of great wisdom, long stored up,I would write me a rune of the Melbourne Cup.Out of experience, grave and ...
A Fair Exchange (C J Dennis Poems)
Would you be much impressed, my dear, Now you've adopted shorts,If males like me came dressed, my dear, In skirts, ...
Lines Written in Hospital (C J Dennis Poems)
Upon a snowy bed I lie, Too placid to complain,And watch the mad world rushing by Beyond my window-pane,The traffic ...