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The Two Samaritans and the Tramp
The Two Samaritans and the Tramp
A TRAMP was trampin’ on the road—
The afternoon was warm an’ muggy—
And by-and-by he chanced to meet
A parsin ridi…
The Unknown God
The Unknown God
The President to Kingdoms,
As in the Days of Old;
The King to the Republic,
As it had been foretold.
They could not read the …
The Tracks That Lie By India
The Tracks That Lie By India
Now this is not a dismal song, like some I’ve sung of late,
When I’ve been brooding all day long about my muddled fate;
For …
The Triumph of the People
The Triumph of the People
LO, the gods of Vice and Mammon from their pinnacles are hurled
By the workers’ new religion, which is oldest in the world;
And…
The Three Kings [1]
The Three Kings [1]
The East is dead and the West is done, and again our course lies thus
South-east by Fate and the Rising Sun where the Three Kings wait for …
The Teams
The Teams
A cloud of dust on the long white road,
And the teams go creeping on
Inch by inch with the weary load;
And by the power of the gree…
The Stranded Ship: (The “Vincennes”)
The Stranded Ship: (The “Vincennes”)
’Twas the glowing log of a picnic fire where a red light should not be,
Or the curtained glow of a sick room light in a wi…
The Stringy-Bark Tree
The Stringy-Bark Tree
There's the whitebox and pine on the ridges afar,
Where the iron-bark, blue-gum, and peppermint are;
There is many another, but dea…
The Squatter, Three Cornstalks, and the Well
The Squatter, Three Cornstalks, and the Well
There was a Squatter in the land—
So runs the truthful tale I tell—
There also were three cornstalks, and
The Star of Australasia
The Star of Australasia
We boast no more of our bloodless flag, that rose from a nation's slime;
Better a shred of a deep-dyed rag from the storms of the olden…
The Soul of a Poet
The Soul of a Poet
I HAVE written, long years I have written
For the sake of my people and right,
I was true when the iron had bitten
Deep into my …
The Spirits for Good
The Spirits for Good
We come with peace and reason,
We come with love and light,
To banish black self-treason
And everlasting night.
The Song Of Old Joe Swallow
The Song Of Old Joe Swallow
When I was up the country in the rough and early days,
I used to work along ov Jimmy Nowlett's bullick-drays;
Then the reelro…
The Song of the Waste-Paper Basket
The Song of the Waste-Paper Basket
O BARD of fortune, you deem me nought
But a mark for your careless scorn.
For I am the echo-less grave of thought
The Soldier Birds
The Soldier Birds
I mind the river from Mount Frome
To Ballanshantie’s Bridge,
The Mudgee Hills, and Buckaroo,
Lowe’s Peak, and Granite Ridge.
The Song of a Prison
The Song of a Prison
Now this is the song of a prison—a song of a gaol or jug—
A ballad of quod or of chokey, the ultimate home of the mug.
The yard wher…
The Sleeping Beauty
The Sleeping Beauty
“Call that a yarn!” said old Tom Pugh,
“What rot! I’ll lay my hat
I’ll sling you a yarn worth more nor two
Such pumped-up yarns…
The Ships that Won't Go Down
The Ships that Won't Go Down
We hear a great commotion
'Bout the ship that comes to grief,
That founders in mid-ocean,
Or is driven on a reef;
The Shearers
The Shearers
No church-bell rings them from the Track,
No pulpit lights theirblindness-'
Tis hardship, drought, and homelessness
That teach those Bu…
The Shame of Going Back
The Shame of Going Back
When you've come to make a fortune and you haven't made your salt,
And the reason of your failure isn't anybody's fault -
When you…
The Separation
The Separation
We knew too little of the world,
And you and I were good—
’Twas paltry things that wrecked our lives
As well I knew they would.
The Secret Whisky Cure
The Secret Whisky Cure
’Tis no tale of heroism, ’tis no tale of storm and strife,
But of ordinary boozing, and of dull domestic life—
Of the everlasting …
The Scamps
The Scamps
Of home, name and wealth and ambition bereft—
We are children of fortune and luck:
They deny there’s a shred of our characters left,
But…
The Seabolt's Volunteers
The Seabolt's Volunteers
They towed the Seabolt down the stream,
And through the harbour’s mouth;
She spread her wings and sailed away
To seek the …