The Death Of President Lincoln (Joseph Furphy Poems)
(A Romance.)December 11th, 1867.The fleecy clouds had passed awayBefore the bright approach of day,And now the morning's radiance shinesUpon an ...
(A Romance.)December 11th, 1867.The fleecy clouds had passed awayBefore the bright approach of day,And now the morning's radiance shinesUpon an ...
A spectral film that came and went,In its elusive way gave ventIn some unreal words which meant;"I think therefore I ...
(From "An Idyll of the Wimmera.")On the geodetic line, where the parish boundaries joinAt a level and interminable laneYou can ...
Though some good folks may take it ill,As trifling with parsonic frill,Thus saith the Lord to Jim and Bill,In admonition ...
In spite of his imposing plea,A freeman whom the truth makes freeIs often fairly up a tree,And marvels why it ...
Sing the evil days we see, and the worse that are to be,In such doggerel as dejection will allow,We are ...
You argue - as sympathy governs your bias -That Wisdom distributes the capon and crust,Indulging the sinful, and stinting the ...
Are you, like me, a peevish brat,With feelings extra-fine?Are you disposed to whip the catWhen misadventure lays your flat?Then paste ...
When the great Creator fashion'd us, and saw that we were good,He commission'd us to dominate the planet as it ...
Lincoln is gone - who ruled the Western LandFrom the Pacific to the Atlantic's brim -And cold and nerveless lies ...
Nurse your "unconquerable soul,"But diligently bear in mindThat Life is not a wayward stroll,For Circumstance asserts control,And fiercely prods you ...
Tell me not in future numbersThat our thought becomes inane,That our metre halts and lumbers,When the Wattle blooms again.Lies of ...
A gentle loving thoughtful boy,But happy gay and bright:A gleam of sunshine from the skyThat filled a home with light.And ...
Now the truce of night brings respite to the sordid care of day,And in listlessness I pace the river side,Where ...
O kid! with face of healthy tan,With lunch-bag, books and slate;You needn't long to be a man,Self-confident and great;For ever ...
Opposed to Jewish Temple-rites,Strange to the lore of Greece,That message comes from starry heights,A key to lasting Peace.What-e'er our creed, ...
"Prove what Life can give of gladness;Seek for aught that merits trust -All thy mirth will turn to sadness,All thy ...
No two leaves that wave in Arden,No two grass blades on the plain,No two flowers that gem the garden,Show as ...
No two leaves that wave in Arden,No two grass blades on the plain,No two flowers that gem the garden,Show as ...
O Time! Time! Time!Thou wondrous mystery!Within whose rune and rhymeLies all Man's historyBefore Creation's birthOr yet the Heavens were madeWith ...
Johnny's drowned - here's his clo'esWhere he's got to, we dunno;Sure enough, he never rose;So we thought we'd let you ...
"Are you the Cove?" he spoke the wordsAs swagmen only can;The Squatter freezingly inquired,"What do you mean, my man?""Are you ...
Life is a Poem, short or long,A dismal Dirge, or jovial Song,A Psalm of faith, or Lay of Pride,One stanza ...
Would I were a profit monger,Buying cheap, and selling dear,Groceries, or something stronger,Toys, or pipes, or sporting gear,Wrong, maybe, but ...
Deem not this wielder of this penThe happiest bloke alive,For I am only five-foot-ten,And ye are ten-foot-five.Wherefore I clothe myself ...
The Seraph-song of morning's primeThat hail'd Messiah's birth,The charter of a coming timeWhen Love shall rule the earth,Rings from yon ...
While changing Seasons run their course,Controlled and guided from above,It is thy part to re-enforceThe broadening stream of Light and ...
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