The Careys (John O Brien Poems)
Their new house stood just off the road. A fine big brick two-storey, All gabled, tiled, and porticoed, To flaunt its owners' glory. We ...
John O Brien Poems on Education (8 Poems)
The Trimmin’s on the Rosary (John O Brien Poems)
Ah, the memories that find me now my hair is turning gray,Drifting in like painted butterflies from paddocks far away;Dripping ...
Vale` – Father Pat (John O Brien Poems)
Yes, that's the hardest hand at all upon my frosted head-That telegram that brought the news that Father Pat is ...
The Pillar of the Church (John O Brien Poems)
Faith, 'tis good to see him comin' when the bell for Mass is flingin'Gladsome golden notes appealin' on the Sabbath-softened ...
Josephine (John O Brien Poems)
The presbytery has gone to pot since this house-keeper came;She's up-to-date and stylish; but the place is not the sameSince ...
The Old Bush School (John O Brien Poems)
'Tis a queer, old battered landmark that belongs to other years;With the dog-leg fence around it, and its hat about ...
The Little Irish Mother (John O Brien Poems)
Have you seen the tidy cottage in the straggling, dusty street,Where the roses swing their censers by the door?Have you ...
The Libel (John O Brien Poems)
"The flowers have no scent, and the birds have no song," We read in the lesson before us,While carols enchanted came ...