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Anonymous Oceania's Poetry, by title

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  • A Convict's Lament on the Death of Captain Logan
    I am a native of the land of Erin,
    and lately banished from that lovely shore;
    53 lines, 4 comments
  • A Day's Ride
    Bold are the mounted robbers who on stolen horses ride
    And bold the mounted troopers who patrol the Sydney side;
    44 lines, 8 comments
  • A National Song for Australia Felix
    Dark over the face of Nature sublime
    Reign'd tyranny, warfare, and every crime;
    38 lines
  • A Sleeper on the Beach
    Gulls, wheeling overhead,
    'Light on the crags,
    17 lines, 2 comments
  • A Thought of Henry Kendall
    Had I gone first he surely would have writ
      Some kindly words in loving memory --
    36 lines
  • A Thousand Miles Away
    Hurrah for the Roma railway! Hurrah for Cobb and Co.,
    And oh! for a good fat horse or two to carry me Westward Ho --
    17 lines
  • A Voice From The Bush
    High noon, and not a cloud in the sky
    To break this blinding sun.
    133 lines
  • A West Country Ballad
    This is the tale of Norton
    Who vowed a vow, by zounds,
    72 lines
  • Across the Western Plains I Must Wander
    It's ah ! for my grog, my jolly, jolly grog,
    It's ah ! for my beer and tobacco;
    29 lines, 1 comment
  • Another Fall of Rain
    THE weather had been sultry for a fortnight's time or more,
    And the shearers had been driving might and main,
    29 lines
  • Ballad of Queensland
    Oh! don't you remember Black Alice, Sam Holt -
    Black Alice so dusky and dark -
    48 lines
  • Banks of Riverine
    Hark! Hark! the dogs are barking, I can no longer stay;
    The boys have all gone shearing, so I heard the shepherd say;
    24 lines
  • Ben Hall
    My name is Ben Hall from Urunga I came,
    The cause of my turn out you all know the same;
    23 lines
  • Billy Barlow in Australia
    When I was at home I was down on my luck,
    And I earned a poor living by drawing a truck;
    96 lines
  • Bold Jack Donahoe (1)
    'Twas of a valiant highwayman and outlaw of disdain
    Who'd scorn to live in slavery or wear a convicts chain;
    40 lines
  • Bold Jack Donahoe (2)
    In Dublin town I was brought up, in that city of great fame.
    My decent friends and parents, they will tell to you the same.
    33 lines, 1 comment
  • Bold Jack Donohue (3)
    Come all you gallant bushrangers who gallop o'er the plains
    Refuse to live in slavery, or wear the convict chains.
    32 lines
  • Botany Bay
    Farewell to old England for ever,
    Farewell to my rum culls as well,
    29 lines
  • Botany Bay 1786
    Away with those whimsical bubbles of air
    Which only excite a momentary stare;
    41 lines
  • Bourke's Dream
    Lonely and sadly one night in November
    I laid down my weary head in search of repose
    44 lines
  • Brave Donahue
    A life that is free as the bandit's of old,
    When Rome was the prey of the warriers bold
    24 lines
  • Bringing Home the Cows
    Shadows of the twilight falling
    On the mountain's brow,
    32 lines
  • Brisbane Ladies
    Farewell and adieu to you, Brisbane ladies
    Farewell and adieu, you maids of Toowong
    42 lines, 1 comment
  • Click Go The Shears, Boys
    Out on the board the old shearer stands,
    Grasping his shears in his long, bony hands,
    45 lines, 3 comments
  • Colonial Experience
    When first I came to Sydney Cove
    And up and down the streets did rove,
    44 lines
  • Cyprus Brig
    Poor Tom Brown from Nottingham, Jack Williams and poor Joe
    They were three gallant poacher boys their country well does know
    26 lines
  • Death of Ben Hall
    Come all Australia's sons to me --
    A hero has been slain
    40 lines
  • Down by the Sydney Side
    Over near a chock-and-log hut,
    Down by the river-side,
    36 lines
  • Dunn, Gilbert and Ben Hall
    Come! all ye lads of loyalty,
         and listen to my tale;
    61 lines, 3 comments
  • Dwell not with Me
    Dwell not with me,
    For you'll never see
    16 lines, 1 comment
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