The Martyred Democrat (C J Dennis Poems)
(Begin breezily):In Lady Lusher's drawing-room, where float the strains of ...
C J Dennis Poems on Summer (27 Poems)
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 Little Red Dog (C J Dennis Poems)
The Glugs still live in the land of Gosh,Under the rule of the great King Splosh. And they climb the ...
Washing Day (C J Dennis Poems)
The little gipsy vi'lits, they wus peepin' thro' the greenAs she come walkin' in the grass, me little wife, Doreen. ...
Son of a Fool (C J Dennis Poems)
Gyved and chained in his father's home, He toiled 'neath a conqueror's rule;Bowed to the earth in the land of ...
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 ...
Mutton (C J Dennis Poems)
In the everlasting summer, when the town is limp with heat,and the asphalt of the footpath curls your boots and ...
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' ...
Old Town Types No. 22 – The Baker – Mr Brackenby (C J Dennis Poems)
Our baker, Mr Brackenby, toiler in the night,Was a lean, tall, glum man whose face was very white;A brooding man ...
Song of Insane Gardener (C J Dennis Poems)
Oh, I dance upon the lawn in the cold, white dawn, And I gloat upon the corpses of a countless ...
You and I (C J Dennis Poems)
They say the eagle is a bird That sees some splendid sightsWhen he soars high into the sky Upon his ...
Old Jim Shore (C J Dennis Poems)
He prospered in an olden day When down the rutted waggon track,Thro' scenes that seem a world away, His bullocks ...
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 ...
Barley Grass (C J Dennis Poems)
Wavin' corn upon the hillside,Twinklin' daisies on the rise,Mystic bushes across the ranges,Wattle in its spring-time guise,Stately gums that mark ...
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 ...
‘The Yellow Tailed Thornbill’ (C J Dennis Poems)
I'm a fussy little fellowIn my kilt of glowing yellow; As about the garden ways I bow and bend.Many a ...
Grey Thrush at the Door (C J Dennis Poems)
Swe-e-et! Swe-e-et! Low at first and flattering, Full of soft seductiveness on a wheedling note.Who comes in mercy now, crumbs ...
Perpetual Motion (C J Dennis Poems)
What (said the poet) should we care For all this mad world's phantasies,For rumours rife upon the air Of terrors ...
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 ...
March Flies (C J Dennis Poems)
Now comes the time when we douse flies With various kinds of sprays -The sand flies, and the house flies, ...
Omeo (C J Dennis Poems)
Up and down the roads they go -- Vale to hill, and hill to vale --Leading on to Omeo Over ...
Lorne (C J Dennis Poems)
Where the road's white bracelet runs Round the cliff 'twixt bush and sea,Gleaming 'neath the summer's suns There she rests ...
Autumn Song (C J Dennis Poems)
With the advent of the AutumnTrees behave as Nature taught 'em; Maple, Sumach, Plum and Poplar, and the Chestnut known ...
The Goldfinch (C J Dennis Poems)
When dandelions star the fields Another alien singer, I,Nursed upon England's flowery wealds,Seeking no tithe of treasured yields, Drop sudden ...
The Pallid Cuckoo (C J Dennis Poems)
Dolefully and drearily Come I with the spring;Wearily and cerily My threnody I sing.Hear my drear, discordant note Sobbing, sobbing ...
The Golden Whistler (C J Dennis Poems)
Golden bird whose golden voice, When the summer days wax long --Cheery optimist from choiceBids the feathered world rejoice With ...
Summer Sanctuary (C J Dennis Poems)
Not upon the crowded beaches Where the sun beats fierce and hot;Not upon the river reaches In a ...