Autumn Interlude (C J Dennis Poems)
I said goodbye to the bees last Friday week,To blooms, and to things like these, for Winter bleak Was shouting ...
C J Dennis Poems on Work & Career (86 Poems)
Introducing the Day Family (C J Dennis Poems)
Sun Day is a simple child, Face new washed and shining;In the morning prim and mild - Church and ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Lingothatweuze (C J Dennis Poems)
I metabloke in Collun-street - A cove I yustanoWhen I wus workin Southoss, A yeerertwo ago.Sezzi, "Well, owye kumminup? I ...
The Homeward Track (C J Dennis Poems)
Once a year we lumber southward with the clip from Yarradee;Spell the bullocks in the township while we run our ...
A Quest for Tophet (C J Dennis Poems)
'Twas a hell of a Hell they glimpsed, my son, In superstitious daysWhen cultured man had scarce begun To ...
The Swagman (C J Dennis Poems)
Oh, he was old and he was spare;His bushy whiskers and his hairWere all fussed up and very greyHe said ...
One Dull Man (C J Dennis Poems)
Why did you play your spade in there? (said she).I can't think why you don't take care (said she).You fuss ...
Ma Mammy’s Done Me In: A New Theme Song (C J Dennis Poems)
MA-A-AMMY! Ma-a-ammy! The sun's gone east And he's left out west Where, in old days, the sun shone best.Ma-a-ammy! Ma-a-ammy! ...
Frankenstein (C J Dennis Poems)
We roam about the countrysideAnd view the farmlands rolling wide - A picture surely this of peace, of planty.We mark ...
The Madman (C J Dennis Poems)
I should go mad, he said, "in such a place! The lack of company, the loneliness!Nothing but trees to ...
Fruit of Earth (C J Dennis Poems)
The winds that blow about the world (Said Old George Jones)See here all hope to ruin hurled,See there triumphant flags ...
Cooked (C J Dennis Poems)
What's the use? Give it best;Cut her loose; Have a rest.Hope is dead; Gloom collects,Nuff is said - ...
The Listening Week (C J Dennis Poems)
This is the listening week of the year -- Listening-in.A-cock and alert is the national ear -- ...
Aunt Evangeline Approves (Incomplete) (C J Dennis Poems)
My Aunt Evangeline has come To visit Melbourne town,Garbed for its Glad Centenary In frill and festal gown.And Aunties says ...
The Weary Philosopher (C J Dennis Poems)
I can conceive no heav'nly blissMore perfectly complete than this: To sit and smoke and idly chew Reflection's cud, with ...
‘Musterin’ (C J Dennis Poems)
Oh, I've ridden 'em rough an' I've ridden 'em kind, Brumbies and prads well-bred.Of every colour and every kind - ...
The Idle Son (C J Dennis Poems)
Young Benjamin left school this year And stepped right in a job;And he starts in hope of a ...
Loving But Leaving (A Sob Song for Conscientious Crooners) (C J Dennis Poems)
When I led you to the altar Vows were made, you'll call to mindDarling wife. Now a defaulter Must I ...
Ep – and – Ein (C J Dennis Poems)
Sometimes I risk a faltering stepTo meet these -steins, both Ein- and Ep-: But hesitate and halt at last, Finding ...
Mother’s Day (C J Dennis Poems)
Matriarchy's coming fast, Matriarchy's here!Man's supremacy at last Finds the end is near.Since the days of troglodytes, Man, the lord ...
The Old Shanty (C J Dennis Poems)
Look at 'em! Toffs with their big cigars,Drivin' along in their motor cars.Nothin' at all like the olden daysWhen the ...
Whose Blame? (C J Dennis Poems)
A woman's work is never done, Said she."From dawn to setting of the sun," Said she."I toil and moil and ...
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 ...
Heigh, Ho! (C J Dennis Poems)
Heigh, ho! But they're talking, talking,As the cold, hard streets we're walkingSeeking work at any wage,While the talkers rant and ...