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Book: Favourite Poems of C J Dennis

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  • The Austral-Aise
    Fellers of Australier,
      Blokes an' coves an' coots,
    88 lines, 1 comment
  • A Letter To The Front
    I 'ave written Mick a letter in reply to one uv 'is,
    Where 'e arsts 'ow things is goin' where the gums an wattles is.
    75 lines
  • Washing Day
    The little gipsy vi'lits, they wus peepin' thro' the green
    As she come walkin' in the grass, me little wife, Doreen.
    60 lines
  • The Play
    Wot's in a name? — she sez . . . An' then she sighs,
    An' clasps 'er little 'ands, an' rolls 'er eyes.
    132 lines, 2 comments
  • Mar
    "'Er pore dear Par." she sez, "'e kept a store";
    An' then she weeps an' stares 'ard at the floor.
    133 lines
  • Hitched
    An'—wilt—yeh—take—this—woman—fer—to—be
      Yer—wedded—wife?— .
    133 lines
  • The Mooch O' Life
    This ev'nin' I was sittin' wiv Doreen,
      Peaceful an' 'appy wiv the day's work done,
    93 lines, 1 comment
  • The Call of Stoush
    Wot price ole Ginger Mick?  'E's done a break -
      Gone to the flamin' war to stoush the foe.
    110 lines
  • Half a Man
    "I wash me 'ands uv 'im," I tells 'em straight.
      "You women can do wot yeh dash well like.
    96 lines
  • Flames
    It's human nature for a bashful bloke
      To bottle up, an' hesitate, an' doubt
    117 lines
  • Dusk
    Now is the healing, quiet hour that fills
    This gay, green world with peace and grateful rest.
    24 lines, 1 comment
  • The Silent Member
    He lived in Mundaloo, and Bill McClosky was his name,
    But folks that knew him well had little knowledge of that same;
    52 lines
  • 'Urry
    Now, Ma-til-der! Ain't cher dressed yet? I declare, the girl ain't up!
    Last as ushul. Move yerself, you sleepy'-ead!
    71 lines, 1 comment
  • Wheat
    "Sowin' things an' growin' things, an' watchin' of 'em grow;
    That's the game," my father said, an' father ought to know.
    72 lines
  • A Spring Song
    The world 'as got me snouted jist a treat;
      Crool Forchin's dirty left 'as smote me soul;
    103 lines
  • Digger Smith
    'E calls me Digger; that's 'ow 'e begins.
    'E sez 'e's only 'arf a man; an' grins.
    110 lines
  • The Intro
    'Er name's Doreen…Well spare me bloomin' days!
    You could er knocked me down wiv 'arf a brick!
    115 lines, 3 comments
  • West
    I've seen so much uv dirt an' grime
      I'm mad to 'ave things clean.
    110 lines
  • A Digger's Tale
    "My oath!" the Duchess sez. "You'd not ixpect
      Sich things as that. Yeh don't mean kangaroos?
    110 lines
  • An Old Master
    We were cartin' lathes and palin's from the slopes of Mount St. Leonard,
    With our axles near the road-bed and the mud as stiff as gl
    63 lines
  • A Guide for Poits
    (Compiled by the Sentimental Bloke)
    I ain't no verse-'og.  When I busts in song
    102 lines
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