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 ...
Henry Lawson Poems on Sense & Perception (39 Poems)
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 ...
The Fairy West (Henry Lawson Poems)
I.We wrote and sang of a bush we never Had known in youth in the Western land;Of the dear old homes ...
The Sleeping Beauty (Henry Lawson Poems)
"Call that a yarn!" said old Tom Pugh, "What rot! I'll lay my hatI'll sling you a yarn worth more nor ...
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 ...
Booth’s Drum [1] (Henry Lawson Poems)
They were "ratty" they were hooted by the meanest and the least,When they woke the Drum of Glory long ago ...
The Spirits of Our Fathers (Henry Lawson Poems)
THE SPIRITS of our fathers rise not from every wave,They left the sea behind them long ago;It was many years ...
Pigeon Toes (Henry Lawson Poems)
A dusty clearing in the scrubs Of barren, western lands-Where, out of sight, or sign of hope The wretched school-house stands;A roof ...
Dawgs of War (Henry Lawson Poems)
Comes the British bulldog first-solid as a log-He's so ugly in repose that he's a handsome dog;Full of mild benevolence ...
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 ...
The Boss Over the Board (Henry Lawson Poems)
When he's over a rough and unpopular shed,With the sins of the bank and the men on his head;When he ...
The Bursting of the Boom (Henry Lawson Poems)
The shipping-office clerks are 'short,' the manager is gruff-'They cannot make reductions,' and 'the fares are low enough.'They ship us ...
O’Hara, J.P. (Henry Lawson Poems)
James Patrick O'Hara the Justice of Peace,He bossed the P.M. and he bossed the police;A parent, a deacon, a landlord ...
The Horse and Cart Ferry (Henry Lawson Poems)
It was old Jerry Brown, Who'd an office in town,And he used to get jocular, very; And he'd go to the Shore When ...
Nemesis (Henry Lawson Poems)
It is night-time when the saddest and the darkest memories haunt,When outside the printing office the most glaring posters flaunt,When ...
Johnson’ s Wonder (Henry Lawson Poems)
I'D been right round by overlands to see the world and life,And on the boat at Plymouth I met Johnson ...
A Slight Misunderstan (Henry Lawson Poems)
Oh, do you hear the argument, far up above the skies?The voice of old Saint Peter, in expostulation rise?Growing shrill, ...
A Slight Misunderstanding at the Jasper Gate (Henry Lawson Poems)
Oh, do you hear the argument, far up above the skies?The voice of old Saint Peter, in expostulation rise?Growing shrill, ...
The Gathering of the Brown-Eyed (Henry Lawson Poems)
THE BROWN EYES came from Asia, where all mystery is true,Ere the masters of Soul Secrets dreamed of hazel, grey, ...
The Tracks That Lie By India (Henry Lawson Poems)
Now this is not a dismal song, like some I've sung of late,When I've been brooding all day long about ...
For He Was a Jolly Good Fellow (Henry Lawson Poems)
THEY CHEERED him from the wharf-it was a glorious day:His hand went to his scarf-his thoughts were far away.Oh, he ...
The Light on the Wreck (Henry Lawson Poems)
Out there by the rocks, at the end of the bank,In the mouth of the river, the Wanderer sank.She is ...
The Imported Servant (Henry Lawson Poems)
The Blue Sky arches o'er mountain and valley, The scene is as fair as a scene can be,But I'm breaking my ...
My Literary Friend (Henry Lawson Poems)
Once I wrote a little poem which I thought was very fine,And I showed the printer's copy to a critic ...
Watching The Crows (Henry Lawson Poems)
A BUSHMAN got lost in a scrub in the North,And all the long morning the searchers went forth.They swore at ...
The Watch on the Kerb (Henry Lawson Poems)
Night-Lights are falling; Girl of the street,Go to your calling If you would eat.Lamplight and starlight And moonlight superb,Bright hope is a farlight, So ...
The Statue of Our Queen (Henry Lawson Poems)
PRIDE, selfishness in every line, And on its face a frown,It stands, a sceptre in its hand, And points forever down.And who ...
‘Jack Robertson’ (Henry Lawson Poems)
HOW OFT in public meetings past, Where sense was not and talk was loud,We caught a glimpse of long white hair Upon ...
‘Outside’ (Henry Lawson Poems)
I want to be lighting my pipe on deck, With my baggage safe below-I want to be free of the crowded ...