Lily (Henry Lawson Poems)
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 ...
Henry Lawson Poems on Running (35 Poems)
‘Possum’ A Lay of New Chumland (Henry Lawson Poems)
SO YER trav'lin' for yer pleasure while yer writin' for the press?An' yer huntin' arter "copy"?-well, I've heer'd o' that. ...
Years After the War In Australia (Henry Lawson Poems)
The Big rough boys from the runs out back were first where the balls flew free,And yelled in the slang ...
Hannah Thomburn (Henry Lawson Poems)
They lifted her out of a story Too sordid and selfish by far,They left me the innocent glory Of love that was pure ...
Talbragar (Henry Lawson Poems)
JACK DENVER died on Talbragar when Christmas Eve began,And there was sorrow round the place, for Denver was a man;Jack ...
The Bush Fire (Henry Lawson Poems)
Ah, better the thud of the deadly gun, and the crash of the bursting shell,Than the terrible silence where drought ...
Song of the Old Bullock-Driv (Henry Lawson Poems)
Far back in the days when the blacks used to ramble In long single file 'neath the evergreen tree,The wool-teams in ...
The Stranger’s Friend (Henry Lawson Poems)
The strangest things and the maddest things, that a man can do or say,To the chaps and fellers and coves ...
Foreign Lands (Henry Lawson Poems)
You may roam the wide seas over, follow, meet, and cross the sun,Sail as far as ships can sail, and ...
Second Class wait here (Henry Lawson Poems)
At suburban railway stations—-you may see them as you pass—-there are signboards on the platform saying "Wait here second class,"And ...
Mary Lemaine (Henry Lawson Poems)
Jim Duff was a 'native,'as wild as could be;A stealer and duffer of cattle was he,But back in his youth ...
Sydney-Side (Henry Lawson Poems)
Where's the steward?-Bar-room steward? Berth? Oh, any berth will do-I have left a three-pound billet just to come along with ...
The Swagman and His Mate (Henry Lawson Poems)
FROM north to south throughout the year The shearing seasons run,The Queensland stations start to shear When Maoriland has done;But labour's cheap ...
‘The Seabolt’s Volunteers’ (Henry Lawson Poems)
They towed the Seabolt down the stream, And through the harbour's mouth;She spread her wings and sailed away To seek the sunny ...
The Cattle-Dog’s (Henry Lawson Poems)
The Plains lay bare on the homeward route,And the march was heavy on man and brute;For the Spirit of Drought ...
The Brass Well (Henry Lawson Poems)
'Tis a legend of the bushmen from the days of Cunningham,When he opened up the country and the early squatters ...
The Days when we went Swimming (Henry Lawson Poems)
The breezes waved the silver grass, Waist-high along the siding,And to the creek we ne'er could pass Three boys on bare-back riding;Beneath ...
The Ballad of the Black-Sheep (Henry Lawson Poems)
A black-sheep, from England, who worked on the run -Riding where the stockmen ride -He sat by the hut when ...
The Babies of Walloon (Henry Lawson Poems)
He was lengthsman on the railway, and his station scarce deservedThat "pre-eminence in sorrow" of the Majesty he served,But as dear ...
The Black Tracker (Or: Why He Lost The Track) (Henry Lawson Poems)
THERE was a tracker in the force Of wondrous sight (the story ran):-He never failed to track a horse, He never failed ...
Statue of Robert Burns (Henry Lawson Poems)
To a town in Southern landLight of purse I come and lone;And I pause awhile, and standBy a pedestal of ...
Before We Were Married (Henry Lawson Poems)
BLACKSOIL PLAINS were grey soil, grey soil in the drought.Fifteen years away, and five hundred miles out;Swag and bag and ...
The First Dingo (Henry Lawson Poems)
The kangaroo was formed to run,but not from man alone -it ran before the horse or gunor native dog was ...
The Great Grey Plain (Henry Lawson Poem)
Out West, where the stars are brightest, Where the scorching north wind blows, And the bones of the dead gleam ...
Trooper Campbell (Henry Lawson Poem)
One day old Trooper Campbell Rode out to Blackman's Run, His cap-peak and his sabre Were glancing in the sun. ...
Peter Anderson And Co. (Henry Lawson Poem)
He had offices in Sydney, not so many years ago, And his shingle bore the legend `Peter Anderson and Co.', ...
The Sliprails And The Spur (Henry Lawson Poem)
The colours of the setting sun Withdrew across the Western land- He raised the sliprails, one by one, And shot ...
The City Bushman (Henry Lawson Poem)
It was pleasant up the country, City Bushman, where you went, For you sought the greener patches and you travelled ...
Ben Duggan (Henry Lawson Poem)
Jack Denver died on Talbragar when Christmas Eve began, And there was sorrow round the place, for Denver was a ...
Wide Spaces (Henry Lawson Poem)
When the man I was denounces all the things that I was not, When the true souls stand like granite, ...