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  • The Fight at Eureka Stockade
    "Was I at Eureka?" His figure was drawn to a youthful height,
    And a flood of proud recollections made the fire in his grey eyes brig
    93 lines
  • The Ghost at the Second Bridge
    You'd call the man a senseless fool,—
    A blockhead or an ass,
    128 lines
  • A Backward Glance
    IT IS well when you’ve lived in clover,
        To mourn for the days gone by—
    7 lines
  • Ireland Shall Rebel
    WHILE tyrants rule the land,
        Beneath the Irish skies;
    31 lines
  • Lily
    I SCORN the man—a fool at most,
        And ignorant and blind—
    241 lines
  • Old Tunes
    WHEN friends are listening round me, Jack, to hear my dying breath,
    And I am lying in a sleep they say will end in death,
    13 lines
  • Poverty
    I HATE this grinding poverty—
        To toil, and pinch, and borrow,
    16 lines, 3 comments
  • Stand by the Engines
    ON THE moonlighted decks there are children at play,
    While smoothly the steamer is holding her way;
    28 lines, 1 comment
  • John Cornstalk
    JACK CORNSTALK lives in the Southern Land—
        What says Cornstalk John?
    39 lines
  • The Statue of Our Queen
    PRIDE, selfishness in every line,
        And on its face a frown,
    21 lines
  • Watching The Crows
    A BUSHMAN got lost in a scrub in the North,
    And all the long morning the searchers went forth.
    26 lines
  • When the Irish Flag Went By
    ’TWAS Eight-Hour Day, and proudly
            Old Labour led the way;
    43 lines
  • The Western Stars
    On my blankets I was lyin’
    Too tired to lift my head,
    8 lines
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