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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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Lily

... ’Neath oaks that sighed through all the year ...

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To Jim

...   For your own self’s sake, strike hard! ...

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The Old Mile-Tree

...   When all green leaves seemed dead ...

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To The Irish Delegates

...   For silenced arc the “loyal subjects’” sneers— ...

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The Spirits of Our Fathers

... And they sobbed like grown-up children, for their hearts were soft and big ...

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Who’s Dot Pulleteen?

... individual in question, who might be a German, could easily relieve his injured feelings as follows: ...

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Callaghan's Hotel

... There’s the same old walls and woodwork that our fathers built to last, ...

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The Alleys

... Mind your head and pick your footsteps for you’ll grope in alley gloom, ...

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The Battling Days

... It’s ‘a pleasant trip’ where they cried, ‘Good luck!’ There was fun in the steerage then— ...

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The Boss Over the Board

... Said the Boss, ‘Don’t be childish! It’s all past and gone ...

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Beaten Back

...   Where the drought has gorged his spoil ...

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The Sleeping Beauty

... “Well, that’s the yarn, it ain’t so poor ...

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Skaal

...   Brothers! ‘Skaal!’ to brave men, ‘Skaal!’ ...

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The Cattle-Dog's Death

... ’ But the super cried, ‘There’s an answer there!’ ...

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When the Ladies Come to the Shearing Shed

... ‘A stitch in the side,’ and ‘he’s all right now’— ...