Poems by Henry Lawson
The Two Poets
... And light hearts listened and sad hearts heard, ...
To Doc Wylie
... Theyll raise a board above your head ...
Sweethearts Wait on Every Shore
... Thats reddened by the tortured sand ...
One-Man-One-Vote
... Shall rule us through their children from the grave! ...
When the Bush Begins to Speak
... We'll find the peace and comfort that our fathers could not find, ...
The Cliffs
... Where the smoke-cloud blurs and the white sails fill, ...
The Ballad of Mabel Clare
... Unknown Ive loved you long, he said, ...
My Literary Friend
... Youve improved the metre greatly, but the rhymes are bad, he said, ...
Billy of Queensland
... On the western tracks, when the world was young, ...
Lake Eliza
... Youll have a long and heavy tramp ...
My Wifes Second Husband
... What mutual friends would think ...
They Can Only Drag You Down
... Work through ease and pleasure call you, work when you have care to drown, ...
Because My Father's One
... "And let him come with plain words, ...
'The Voice from Over Yonder'
... And the voice, in mocking accents, answered only: Ive been there ...
Bill and Jim Fall Out
... while Jim, Who, we grieve to state, was always getting into drunken scrapes, ...
