At Casey’s After Mass (John O Brien Poems)
There's a weather-beaten sign-post where the track turns towards the west,Through the tall, white, slender timber, in the land i ...
John O Brien Poems on Life (9 Poems)
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 ...
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 ...
His Father (John O Brien Poems)
We meet him first in frills immersed,By everyone caressed and nursed, A bonny baby-rather!But, though they please his every whim,Fill up ...
Come, Sing Australian songs to me! (John O Brien Poems)
Come, Little One, and sing to me A song our big wide land to bless,Around whose gentle parent-knee We've twined the flowers ...
The Helping Hand (John O Brien Poems)
When that hour comes when I shall sit alone,And ponder on the things that were, but are no more,The while ...
One by One (John O Brien Poems)
With trust in God and her good man She settled neath the spur;The old slab dwelling, spick and span, Was world enough ...
Tell me, What”s a girl to do (John O Brien Poems)
Tell me, what's a girl to do When the gossoons court and cozen?Some have none and some have two, More can count ...
Sing Me A Song (John O Brien Poems)
Sing me a song with the ring of truth in it,Sing me a song with the freshness of youth in ...