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Book: Rhymes from the Mines, and Other Lines

Published 1896

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  • The Old Whim Horse
    He’s an old grey horse, with his head bowed sadly,
    And with dim old eyes and a queer roll aft,
    80 lines
  • A Friendly Game Of Football
    We were challenged by The Dingoes — they're the pride of Squatter's Gap—
    To a friendly game of football on the flat by D
    68 lines, 6 comments
  • Worked-Out Mine
    ON summer nights when moonbeams flow
        And glisten o’er the high, white tips,
    52 lines
  • Bullocky Bill
    FROM a river siding, the railway town,
    Or the dull new port there three days down,
    33 lines
  • The Emu Of Whroo
    WE’VE a tale to tell you of a spavined emit,
        A bird with a smile like a crack in a hat,
    119 lines
  • To The Men Of The Mines
    WE SPECKED as boys o’er worked-out ground
        By littered fiat and muddy stream,
    38 lines
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