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 Thought & Thinking (37 Poems)
The Insect (C J Dennis Poems)
From Camoweal to Windywoe, from Windywoe to Thirstyville,We'll drag the line around the map, along the plain, and up the ...
An Appeal to Women (C J Dennis Poems)
O ye women! WIMMIN! WEEMIN!!See our tears repentant streamin'!See the pearly drops a-gleamin', Streamin' from our rheumy eye!Mark our weskits ...
The Mendicants (C J Dennis Poems)
Charity, Charity - parson and priest Ever in church and in chapel have taught -"Give ye in charity e'en to ...
Culture and Cops (C J Dennis Poems)
Five nights agone I lay at rest On my suburban couch.My trousers on the bedpost hung, Red gold within their ...
The Wooer (C J Dennis Poems)
I nearly fell fair in my tracks.I'm trudgin' homeward with my axe When I come on her suddenly. "I wonder ...
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 ...
‘Got-a-Fag’ (C J Dennis Poems)
He was tall and tough and stringy, with the shoulders of an axeman,Broad and loose, with greenhide muscles, and a ...
The Leader That Was Pushed (C J Dennis Poems)
Once on a time a general whose name is handed downTo the present generation as a name of high renown ...
The Mooch O’ Life (C J Dennis Poems)
This ev'nin' I was sittin' wiv Doreen, Peaceful an' 'appy wiv the day's work done,Watchin', be'ind the orchard's bonzer green, ...
A Morning Song (C J Dennis Poems)
The thrush is in the wattle tree, an', "O, you pretty dear!"He's callin' to his little wife for all the ...
Another Fusion (C J Dennis Poems)
There's been fierce argument of late In my vicinitee,Between the Commonwealth and State, For I fell out with me.I am ...
The Bucolics (C J Dennis Poems)
Ladies and gentlemen: I take this opportunityTo introduce myself and mention that, much as we may deplore the fact, we ...
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 ...
The Censor (C J Dennis Poems)
The Censor sits behind his desk, And smiles a censored smile; His great, blue ...
Dad’s Philanthropic Plan (C J Dennis Poems)
I knew an old philanthropist, a farming man was he,Shrewd at a deal, but still withal a man of charity.He ...
The Cab Horses’ Story (C J Dennis Poems)
Now, you wouldn't imagine, to look at me, That I was a racehorse once.I have done my mile in - ...
Old Town Types No. 6 – Flash Phil (C J Dennis Poems)
Still I've the picture of him -- Flash Phil Galloway; In a shining dog-cart driving down the road;Spanking ponies dashing ...
The Milch Kangaroo (C J Dennis Poems)
Which reminds me, said O'Brien --"And 'tis not a word of lyin' -- Of a summertime way back in eighty-two,Whin ...
Why! (C J Dennis Poems)
Sisters!I've thought o'er this until my brain has blisters.Are you, indeed, such valiant resistersOf all the charm, the grace, the ...
A Different Route (C J Dennis Poems)
Say you have some great objective.Very well. Be calm, reflective;Make no vulgar show of vigor; 'tisn't good.Do not rush the ...
Why a Picnic, Jane? (C J Dennis Poems)
But, why a picnic, Jane? We went last year, And missed the Cup; and you know how you grievedBecause we ...
The Listener (C J Dennis Poems)
Why, certainly. Let's listen to the cricket. Oh, I'm quite keen. Test match, I understand.At... What's that? Oh, Australia's at ...
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 ...
The Battler (C J Dennis Poems)
Could you give me a bite to eat? said he, As he tarried by my back door.And I thought ...
Accent Conscious (C J Dennis Poems)
Trouble brews along the border for the word has got around That blokes an' coves an' coots must mind their ...
The Elusive New Zoo Gnu (C J Dennis Poems)
They had a new gnu at the ZooAnd nobody knew.Tho' the keeper, they say, had a clue;And that's probably true,Since ...
Old Pete Parraday (C J Dennis Poems)
Old Pete Paraday, his mind works very slow;But, when it fastens on a thoughts, he will not let it go.He ...
Bushmen (C J Dennis Poems)
Rugged men and tough men these, Men of the lonely ways,Hard and sturdy as their trees Where the timbered ranges ...
‘Ned’ (C J Dennis Poems)
When Ned was a neophyte nobody heeded him. No man could prophesy, none could foretellHow, when the day came that ...