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Henry Lawson's Poetry, by first line

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  • Middleton's Rouseabout
    Tall and freckled and sandy,
    Face of a country lout;
    35 lines
  • The Poets Of The Tomb
    The world has had enough of bards who wish that they were dead,
    'Tis time the people passed a law to knock 'em on the head,
    31 lines
  • As far as your Rifles Cover
    Do you think, you slaves of a thousand years to poverty, wealth and pride,
    You can crush the spirit that has been free in a land that's new and wide?
    8 lines, 1 comment
  • The Army of the Rear
    I LISTENED through the music and the sounds of revelry,
    And all the hollow noises of that year of Jubilee;
    56 lines
  • That There Dog O' Mine
    Macquarie the shearer had met with an accident. To tell the truth, he had been in a drunken row at a wayside shanty, from which he had escaped with three fractu
    16 lines
  • The Legend of Cooee Gully
    The night came down thro’ Deadman’s Gap,
    Where the ghostly saplings bent
    68 lines
  • Second Class wait here
    At suburban railway stations---you may see them as you pass---
    there are signboards on the platform saying "Wait here second class,"
    32 lines
  • Antony Villa
    Over there, above the jetty, stands the mansion of the Vardens,
    With a tennis ground and terrace, and a flagstaff in the gardens:
    68 lines
  • The Things We Dare Not Tell
    The fields are fair in autumn yet, and the sun's still shining there,
    But we bow our heads and we brood and fret, because of the masks we wear;
    16 lines, 12 comments
  • Said Grenfell to my Spirit
    Said Grenfell to my spirit, "You’ve been writing very free
    Of the charms of other places, and you don’t remember me.
    13 lines
  • Send Round the Hat
    Now this is the creed from the Book of the Bush –
    Should be simple and plain to a dunce:
    4 lines
  • I'll tell you what you Wanderers
    I'll tell you what you wanderers, who drift from town to town;
    Don't look into a good girl's eyes, until you've settled down.
    9 lines
  • A Song of Brave Men
    Man, is the Sea your master? Sea, and is man your slave? –
    This is the song of brave men who never know they are brave:
    60 lines
  • For Australia
    Now, with the wars of the world begun, they'll listen to you and me,
    Now while the frightened nations run to the arms of democracy,
    30 lines
  • How the Land was Won
    The future was dark and the past was dead
    As they gazed on the sea once more –
    64 lines
  • In the Storm that is to come
    By our place in the midst of the furthest seas we were fated to stand alone -
    When the nations fly at each other's throats let Australia look to her own;
    32 lines
  • In the Street
    Where the needle-woman toils
    Through the night with hand and brain,
    30 lines
  • My Land and I
    They have eaten their fill at your tables spread,
    Like friends since the land was won;
    48 lines
  • On the March
    So the time seems come at last,
    And the drums go rolling past,
    42 lines
  • Reedy River
    Ten miles down Reedy River
    A pool of water lies,
    64 lines
  • Republican Pioneers
    We're marching along, we're gath'ring strong'
    We place on our right reliance,
    27 lines
  • The Grog-an'Grumble Steeplechase
    'Twixt the coastline and the border lay the town of Grog-an'-Grumble
    In the days before the bushman was a dull 'n' heartless drudge,
    48 lines, 1 comment
  • The Old Bark School
    It was built of bark and poles, and the floor was full of holes
    Where each leak in rainy weather made a pool;
    44 lines
  • The Ships that Won't Go Down
    We hear a great commotion
    'Bout the ship that comes to grief,
    32 lines
  • To Be Amused
    You ask me to be gay and glad
    While lurid clouds of danger loom,
    81 lines
  • The Song of Australia
    The centuries found me to nations unknown –
    My people have crowned me and made me a throne;
    28 lines, 3 comments
  • At The Beating Of A Drum
    Fear ye not the stormy future, for the Battle Hymn is strong,
    And the armies of Australia shall not march without a song;
    12 lines, 1 comment
  • Queen Hilda of Virland
    PART I
    Queen Hilda rode along the lines,
    161 lines
  • Wide Lies Australia
    Wide lies Australia! The seas that surround her
    Flow for her unity – all states in one.
    24 lines
  • The Flour Bin
    By Lawson's Hill, near Mudgee,
    On old Eurunderee –
    48 lines
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