Ruth (Henry Lawson Poems)
All is well-in a prison-to-night, and the warders are crying 'All's Well!'I must speak, for the sake of my heart-if ...
All is well-in a prison-to-night, and the warders are crying 'All's Well!'I must speak, for the sake of my heart-if ...
In Windsor Terrace, number four, I've taken my abode-A little crescent from the street, A bight from City Road;And, hard up and ...
A son of elder sons I am, Whose boyhood days were cramped and scant,Through ages of domestic sham And family lies and ...
I SCORN the man-a fool at most, And ignorant and blind-Who loves to go about and boast "He understands mankind."I thought I ...
A writer wrote of the hearts of men, and he followed their tracks afar;For his was a spirit that forced ...
"Call that a yarn!" said old Tom Pugh, "What rot! I'll lay my hatI'll sling you a yarn worth more nor ...
Ye children of the Land of Gold, I sing a song to you,And if the jokes are somewhat old, The main idea ...
The Big rough boys from the runs out back were first where the balls flew free,And yelled in the slang ...
They lifted her out of a story Too sordid and selfish by far,They left me the innocent glory Of love that was pure ...
Over there, above the jetty, stands the mansion of the Vardens,With a tennis ground and terrace, and a flagstaff in ...
They proved we could not think nor see, They proved we could not write,They proved we drank the day away And raved ...
Of his beauty, or stature, or colour of hair I hadn't the slightest hint,But he comes to me as a little ...
Now this is the song of a prison-a song of a gaol or jug-A ballad of quod or of chokey, ...
Some born of homely parents For ages settled down-The steady generations Of village, farm, and town:And some of dusky fathers Who wandered since ...
BECAUSE HE had sinned and suffered, because he loved the land,And because of his wonderful sympathy, he held men's hearts ...
The nearer camp fires lighted, The distant beacons bright-The horsemen on the skyline Are closing in to-night!My brothers, Oh my brothers! Lie down ...
It is night-time when the saddest and the darkest memories haunt,When outside the printing office the most glaring posters flaunt,When ...
You may roam the wide seas over, follow, meet, and cross the sun,Sail as far as ships can sail, and ...
Long Bill, the captain of the push, was tired of his estate,And wished to change his life and win the ...
OUT in the west, where runs are wide, And days than ours are hotter,Not very far from Lachlan Side There dwelt a ...
OH, the strength of the toil of those twenty years, with father, and master, and men!And the clearer brain of ...
'THE LADIES are coming,' the super says To the shearers sweltering there,And 'the ladies' means in the shearing shed: 'Don't cut 'em ...
The President to Kingdoms, As in the Days of Old;The King to the Republic, As it had been foretold.They could not read ...
IT'S OH! for a rivet in marriage bonds, And a splice in the knot untied-The sanctity of the marriage tie Is growing ...
Oh! the Cross of deepest blue,With the bright stars shining through,That was raised, my sons, for you,On a skirt of ...
THE BROWN EYES came from Asia, where all mystery is true,Ere the masters of Soul Secrets dreamed of hazel, grey, ...
They say that I never have written of love,As a writer of songs should do;They say that I never could ...
It is up from out the alleys, from the alleys dark and vile-It is up from out the alleys I ...
When you see a man come walking down through George Street loose and free,Suit of saddle tweed and soft shirt, ...
NOT to the sober and staid, Leading a quiet life,But to men whose paths are laid Ever through storm and strife-Here is ...
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