Mostly Slavonic (Henry Lawson Poems)
I.-Peter MichaelovIt was Peter the Barbarian put an apron in his bagAnd rolled up the honoured bundle that Australians call ...
I.-Peter MichaelovIt was Peter the Barbarian put an apron in his bagAnd rolled up the honoured bundle that Australians call ...
BY RIGHT of birth in southern land I send my warning forth.I see my country ruined by the wrongs that ...
Ye children of the Land of Gold, I sing a song to you,And if the jokes are somewhat old, The main idea ...
Are you coming, Ivan, coming?-Ah, the ways are long and slow,In the vast land that we know not-and we never ...
Texas Jack, you are amusin'. By Lord Harry, how I laughedWhen I seen yer rig and saddle with its bulwarks ...
Of his beauty, or stature, or colour of hair I hadn't the slightest hint,But he comes to me as a little ...
Wrap me up in me stockwhip and blanket, And bury me deep down below,Where this piffle and sham won't disgust me, In ...
SING the strong, proud song of Labour, Toss the ringing music high;Liberty's a nearer neighbour Than she was in days gone by.Workmen's ...
They can't hear in West o' London, where the worst dine with the best-Deaf to all save lies and laughter, ...
Oh! the Cross of deepest blue,With the bright stars shining through,That was raised, my sons, for you,On a skirt of ...
DRUMS of all that's right and wrong-of love and hate and scorn,And the new-born baby hears them and it wails ...
THE WORLD goes round, old fellow, And still I'm in the swim,While my wife's second husband Is growing old and grim.I meet ...
WHEN first I came to town, resolved To fight my way alone,No prouder foot than mine e'er trod Upon the pavement stone;But ...
They were men of many nations, they were men of many stations,They were men in many places, and of high ...
BRAVE the anger of the wealthy! Scorn their bitter lying spite!Tell the Truth in simple language, when you know that ...
Republicans! the time is coming!Listen to the distant drumming!Hearken to the whispers humming In the troubled atmosphere.Ye are born to do ...
And now a son has come againTo keep the peace or strike the blow,And have a long, great, glorious reign,Through ...
So you're writing for a paper? Well, it's nothing very new To be writing yards of drivel for a tidy ...
The Eagle screams at the beck of trade, so Spain, as the world goes round, Must wrestle the right to ...
They were hanging men in Buckland who would not cheer King George - The parson from his pulpit and the ...
The world is narrow and ways are short, and our lives are dull and slow, For little is new where ...
"Like clouds o'er the South are the nations who reign On fair islands that we would command; But clouds that ...
Fear ye not the stormy future, for the Battle Hymn is strong, And the armies of Australia shall not march ...
Sons of Australia, be loyal and true to her - Fling out the flag of the Southern Cross! Sing a ...
In these days of peace and money, free to all the Commonweal, There are ancient dames in Buckland wearing wedding ...
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