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Poems about History

• The Mountains of Mourne

  Oh Mary this London's a wonderful sight
  With people here workin' by day and by night

  by Anonymous Irish 25 lines
• The Wreck of the Steamer 'Stella'

  'Twas in the month of March and in the year of 1899,
  Which will be remembered for a very long time;

  by William Topaz McGonagall 78 lines
• The Wreck of the Whaler 'Oscar'

  'Twas on the 1st of April, and in the year of Eighteen thirteen,
  That the whaler "Oscar" was wrecked not far from Aberdeen;

  by William Topaz McGonagall 93 lines
• The Wreck of the Steamer 'Storm Queen'

  Ye landsmen, all pray list to me,
  While I relate a terrible tale of the sea,

  by William Topaz McGonagall 63 lines
• Captain Teach alias Black Beard

  Edward Teach was a native of Bristol, and sailed from that port
  On board a privateer, in search of sport,

  by William Topaz McGonagall 59 lines
• 'Possum' A Lay of New Chumland

  SO YER trav’lin’ for yer pleasure while yer writin’ for the press?
  An’ yer huntin’ arter “copy”?—well, I’ve heer’d o’ that. I guess

  by Henry Lawson 118 lines
• The Caves

  This is the cave of which I spoke,
  These are the blackened stones, and these

  by Michael Roberts 28 lines
• A Home in Dakar

  When the African Arts,
  home again,

  by Margaret Danner 30 lines
• Great Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia)

  Who were the builders of Great Zimbabwe?
  No man knows . . .

  by Cicely Fox Smith 54 lines
• Sutherland’s Grave

  ALL NIGHT long the sea out yonder—all night long the wailful sea,
  Vext of winds and many thunders, seeketh rest unceasingly!

  by Henry Kendall 26 lines
• 'The Seabolt's Volunteers'

  They towed the Seabolt down the stream,
      And through the harbour’s mouth;

  by Henry Lawson 53 lines
• The ‘Sirius’ Anchor

  You lie at peace within a city square,
  Who sailed wide seas with Phillip to our shoe;

  by Robert Steel Byrnes 14 lines
• 'On the Summit of Mt. Clarence'

  On the summit of Mount Clarence rotting slowly in the air
  Stands a tall and naked flagstaff, relic of the Russian scare—

  by Henry Lawson 19 lines
• The Lesser Craftsman

  Today I bought a warrior’s head
  Of carved and polished ebony,

  by Stella Wood 23 lines
• One of the Has-beens

  I’m one of the has-beens, a shearer I mean;
  I once was a ringer and used to shear clean;

  by Anonymous Oceania 17 lines
• Lips Shut. Seen In Rome

  In Rome within the Sistine Chapel,
  Covered over with Christian signs,

  by Arthur Rimbaud 35 lines
• Ellen Vale

  Have you never seen sweet Ellen Vale,
  Or roamed the spacious park?

  by Edwin A Underhill 63 lines
• They Built Ships

  Nigh the mouldering staithe
  Where the lads came to bathe,

  by Cicely Fox Smith 43 lines
• Eureka poem

  As I lay sleeping
  on Bakery Hill

  by Anonymous Oceania 28 lines
• Castlebar

  Biddings good morrow to all our cares,
  Riding along with a joyful heart.

  by A B Banjo Paterson 26 lines
• Amusing Trial, in Which a Yankee Lawyer Rendered a Just Verdict.

  A Slave sold at Auction.
  A time there was, when no one thought

  by Anonymous Americas 111 lines
• Carillon

  (The War Memorial of the University of Sydney)
  Death is an ocean, an uncharted deep.

  by Robert Steel Byrnes 15 lines
• The Narrow Road to the Deep North: Prologue

  Behind this door
  Now buried in deep grass

  by Matsuo Basho 5 lines
• Ship Models 1. Royal Yacht (Restoration Period)

  SAMUEL PEPYS, as all men know,
  Loved ladies and ships in the long ago;

  by Cicely Fox Smith 51 lines
• The Slave Auction

  The sale began—young girls were there,
    Defenseless in their wretchedness,

  by Frances Ellen Watkins 28 lines
• The Oath of Eureka

  The workers of Kembla, those leaders of men,
  Those leaders of deed as in thought.

  by Bartlett Adamson 9 lines
• The Ancient Banner

  In boundless mercy, the Redeemer left,
  The bosom of his Father, and assumed

  by Anonymous Americas 643 lines
• Campin’ Round Coonamble

  Campin’ round Coonamble.
  Keepin’ up the strike,

  by A B Banjo Paterson 61 lines
• Where The Early Settler Lingered

  Where the early settler lingered,
  Sometimes pitched his tent and stayed,

  by Nora Gwendolen Gardner 18 lines
• They Made Sails

  In the old raftered loft
  Where the winds blow

  by Cicely Fox Smith 72 lines

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