Poems by Henry Lawson
The Heart of Australia
... "The friend of a further future or the ally of yesterday!" Aye! What must Australia fight for ...
When Your Pants Begin to Go
... If, when flush, you took your pleasures -- failed to make a god of Pelf, ...
Eureka
... " they say, "Shall we stand by while mates are seized and dragged like lags away ...
The Shearers Dream
... whisky and beer on traysThere was three of them girls to every chap and as jealous as they could be ...
The Fight at Eureka Stockade
... The wrongs that had followed our flight from the land where the life of the worker was spoiled ...
The Ships that Won't Go Down
... Who drink, or blow their brains out, ...
Taking His Chance
... `Just kiss me -- my girl -- and -- I'll -- chance it,' he said ...
The Old Jimmy Woodser
... And of girls that were bright in our grandfathers sight, ...
The Ghost
... At the power of truth and friendship let your lip in scorn be curled -- ...
My Land and I
... They drivel, "Australia's done!" The parasites dine at your tables spread ...
The Cockney Soul
... e lights of Leicester-square!) Hats off to the dowager lady at home in her house in Russell-square! ...
To An Old Mate
... Through the frost-wind that cut like whip-lashes, ...
Every Man Should have a Rifle
... Every tradesman, clerk and peasant should have these two things at hand ...
The Shame of Going Back
... The Shame of Going Back And the reason of your failure isn't anybody's fault -- ...
A Song of the Republic
... The "Signs of the Times", in their language dumb, ...
