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Born in June 17, 1867 / Died in September 2, 1922 / United Kingdom / English

Poems by Henry Lawson

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The Men Who Come Behind

... They will follow in your footsteps while you’re groping for the light ...

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A Bush Girl

...   Of shining tides and broad, bright streams ...

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Black Bonnets

... As she had clasped - come smiles come tears, ...

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A Mate can do no Wrong

... And, king-like, shares in storm and shine ...

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The Legend of Cooee Gully

... Then the darkness closed like a trap that was sprung, ...

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The Song And The Sigh

... They were hushed in the swamp of the Dead Man's Crime, ...

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The Waving of the Red

... ’ “I know what we could do, but then, there might be traitors near, ...

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Introduction – A Glimpse of Boyhood

... To climb the spurs of the breezy peaks, ...

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That There Dog O' Mine

... al staff in general, 'is a better dog than I'm a man - or you too, it seems - and a better Christian ...

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Johnson' s Wonder

... I’d heard the whispered covered sneer, the stress on “him” and “he” ...

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The Tragedy

... Oh, he might have pinched my whisky, and he might have pinched my beer, ...

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Kangaroo Power

... And Bismarck with envy shall grind his old stumps, ...

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The Shanty On The Rise

... My old chums are in the distance - some have crossed the border-line, ...

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The Way of the World

... And Folly’s lamps have ceased to burn, ...

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He Had So Much Work To Do

... And—I’ve cleared enough for ploughin’, but the dam is just commenced!” ...