The Martyred Democrat (C J Dennis Poems)
(Begin breezily):In Lady Lusher's drawing-room, where float the strains of ...
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The Growth of Sym (C J Dennis Poems)
Now Sym was a Glug; and 'tis mentioned soThat the tale reads perfectly plain as we go. In his veins ...
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 ...
Possum (C J Dennis Poems)
Jist 'ere it gripped me, on a sudden, like a red-'ot knife.I wus diggin' in the garden, talkin' pleasant to ...
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 ...
Swingin’ Douglas (C J Dennis Poems)
There's a breeze about the mountains, it is singin' in the treesA song to mock the little men who chose ...
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' ...
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 ...
A Woman’s Way (C J Dennis Poems)
Women is strange. You take my tip; I'm wise. I know enough to know I'll never knowThe 'uman female ...
Logic and Spotted Dog (C J Dennis Poems)
Unless you 'ide that axe, she sez, "'E'll 'urt 'imself reel bad.An' after all - Now, Bill, don't cry! - ...
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 ...
Cackle (C J Dennis Poems)
Oh, my brothers do not wrangle. When the sweets of office dangle At a most inviting angle ...
The Singing Soldiers (C J Dennis Poems)
When I'm sittin' in me dug-out wiv me rifle on me knees,An' a yowlin', 'owlin' chorus comes a-floatin' up the ...
A Freak of Spring (C J Dennis Poems)
At any other time of yearIt might have passed, but Spring is queer. He says somethin' - I dunno - ...
Sym, Son of Joy (C J Dennis Poems)
Now Joi, the rebel, he had a son In far, far Gosh where the tall trees wave.Said Joi: "In Gosh ...
Duck an’ Fowl (C J Dennis Poems)
Now, when a bloke 'e cracks a bloke fer insults to a skirt, An' wrecks a joint to square a ...
The Straight Griffin (C J Dennis Poems)
'Eroes? Orright. You 'ave it 'ow yeh like. Throw up yer little 'at an' come the glad;But not too much ...
Red Robin (C J Dennis Poems)
Hi, it's a funny world! This mornin' when I wokeI saw red robin on the fence, an' heard the words ...
Narcissus (C J Dennis Poems)
A man's a mug. I've worked the 'ole thing out To-day, down in the orchard where I sat ...
Wheat (C J Dennis Poems)
Sowin' things an' growin' things, an' watchin' of 'em grow;That's the game, my father said, an' father ought to know."Settin' ...
It Was Never Contemplated (C J Dennis Poems)
When old ADAM bit the apple, And thereafter had to grappleWith hard toil to earn ...
A Ballad for Elderly Kids (C J Dennis Poems)
Now this is the ballad of Jeremy Jones, And likewise of Bobadil Brown,Of the Snooks and the Snaggers and Macs ...
To The Boys Who Took The Count (C J Dennis Poems)
See, I'm writin' to Mick as a bloke to a bloke - To a cobber o' mine at the front ...
Jones M.P. (C J Dennis Poems)
It was thus in the beginning: With a sporting chance of winning, Jones contested an election years ago.He was young, ...
Jim (C J Dennis Poems)
Now, be the Hokey Fly! sez Peter Begg."Suppose 'e comes 'ome with a wooden leg. Suppose 'e isn't fit to ...
The Idolators (C J Dennis Poems)
The veil was rent, and mundane Time merged in Eternity;And I beheld the End of Things. I heard the Last ...
In Spadger’s Lane (C J Dennis Poems)
Ole Mother Moon 'oo yanks 'er beamin' dile Acrost the sky when we've grown sick o' day,She's like some fat ...
The Siren (C J Dennis Poems)
She sung a song; an' I sat silent there,Wiv bofe 'ands grippin' 'ard on me chair; Me 'eart, that yesterdee ...
The Ballad of Bill’s Breeches (C J Dennis Poems)
Once on a time, a party by the name of Mr. BULLDiscovered that with many schemes his hands were pretty ...
The Great God Guff (C J Dennis Poems)
There was once a Simple People - (you, of course, will understandThis is just a little fable of a non-existent ...