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C J Dennis's Poetry, by title

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  • 'A Gallant Gentleman'
    A month ago the world grew grey fer me;
      A month ago the light went out fer Rose.
    159 lines
  • 'Accorjins'
    Where have the old accorjins gone?
      I was askin' the coves at the Show;
    42 lines
  • 'Ang up yet 'at
    Cooee!  Well, Dig, I s'pose you've 'eard that row
      Up in ole Blighty some ten year ago.
    16 lines
  • 'Ave a 'eart!
    "'Ere! 'Ave a 'eart!" 'e sez. "Why, love a duck!
    A 'uman bein' ain't a choppin' block!
    168 lines
  • 'Billy'
    At the risk of seeming silly,
    I would ask you,  "Where is Billy?"
    37 lines
  • 'Bobbie' for Brotherhood
    Lang syne I penned a mickle rhyme
    That muckle grief brocht to my soul;
    40 lines
  • 'Bosses Don't Seem Right' - A Christmas Monologue
    The thing’s all wrong (I sez to ‘im)
    Now look, there’s this ‘ere Monday, Jim,
    51 lines
  • 'But'
    Tho' we seem to reach the turning
    And the Government is yearning
    26 lines
  • 'Eats'
    When Willie gets a penny piece
      Straight to the lollie-shop he flies,
    13 lines
  • 'Erb
    Do you know 'Erb?  Now, there's a dinkum sport.
    If football's on your mind, why, 'Erb's the sort
    33 lines
  • 'Fathercraft'
    Well (said the small, meek man) we look for change
      In this sad world, for these are stirring days;
    19 lines
  • 'Got-a-Fag'
    He was tall and tough and stringy, with the shoulders of an axeman,
    Broad and loose, with greenhide muscles, and a hand shaped to th
    79 lines
  • 'I Dips me Lid'
    "Young sir," 'E sez . . . Like that . . .  It made me feel
    Romantic like, as if me dream was reel.
    79 lines
  • 'Jack'
    Since Stanley felt the icy blast
      Jack leads the Opposition.
    26 lines
  • 'Jim Of Maribyrnong'
    They were forthright days when Jim was born,
      When they called a spade a spade.
    37 lines
  • 'Jim'
    Have you heard the magniloquent, eloquent Jim?
      The yogi of Yarra, whose silvery tongue,
    21 lines
  • 'John T'
    I think a great deal too much fuss
    Has been aroused 'mid all of us
    26 lines
  • 'KSmith'
    Hoping you will not deem it rude,
    I'd like to call an interlude
    26 lines
  • 'Mac'
    In every little country place, all up and down the land,
    From ageing cradles of the race to Never-Never Land --
    33 lines
  • 'Me, A Sinner'
    Should it occasion much surprise
      That criminals should deal in blame,
    25 lines
  • 'Paw'
    Ai've just obteened a pension for mai Paw.
    And you should hev seen the people that were theah.
    83 lines
  • 'Stone the Crows'
    "Why stone the crows!" 'e sez.  "I like 'er style,
      But alwiz, some'ow, women 'ave appeared
    89 lines
  • 'The Wonga Pigeon'
    Men knew and loved my calling in old days --
      Days ere a bitter wisdom taught me fear.
    28 lines
  • 'The Yellow Tailed Thornbill'
    I'm a fussy little fellow
    In my kilt of glowing yellow;
    34 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
  • 'Wet'
    Not guilty, yer Honor . . . An’ givin’ me reasons,
    I’d like for to plead this ‘ere change in the seasons,
    28 lines
  • A Ballad for Elderly Kids
    Now this is the ballad of Jeremy Jones,
      And likewise of Bobadil Brown,
    133 lines
  • A Ballad of Freedom
    Now Mr. Jeremiah Bane
    He owned a warehouse in The Lane,
    177 lines
  • A Beauty Hint
    Sweet, think how much the better it would be
      If you thro' life should thus preserve your beauty.
    30 lines
  • A Blind Man in the Street
    "He's blind," we say.  Then turn aside
      Upon our way, again to view
    17 lines
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