Babes in the Jungle by O. Henry
Babes in the Jungle by O. Henry Babes in the Jungle Montague Silver, the finest street man and art grafter in the West, says to me once in Little Rock: “If you ever lose your
United Division
United Division was written in 1888 by Henry Lawson United Division It cannot be denied that these colonies are bitterly jealous of each other’s position in the esteem of the English upper crust, and
A Neglected History
A Neglected History by Henry Lawson A Neglected History We must admit that the Centennial celebrations in Sydney were not wholly useless. The glorious occasion called forth from every daily, weekly and monthly periodical,
To Be Amused
To Be Amused by Henry Lawson, 1906. You ask me to be gay and glad While lurid clouds of danger loom, And vain and bad and gambling mad, Australia races to her doom. You
The Water
The Water by Henry Lawson Let others make the songs of love For our young struggling nation; But I will sing while e’er I live The Songs of Irrigation; For while the white
The Teams
The Teams by Henry Lawson 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 green-hide
The Cockney Soul
The Cockney Soul by Henry Lawson From Woolwich and Brentford and Stamford Hill, from Richmond into the Strand, Oh, the Cockney soul is a silent soul, as it is in every land! But out
The Babies of Walloon
The Babies of Walloon by Henry Lawson HE WAS lengthsman on the railway, and his station scarce deserved That “pre-eminence in sorrow” of the Majesty he served, But as dear to him and precious
Saint Peter
Saint Peter by Henry Lawson Now, I think there is a likeness ‘Twixt St Peter’s life and mine For he did a lot of trampin’ Long ago in Palestine. He was “union” when the
Past Carin’
Past Carin’ by Henry Lawson NOW up and down the siding brown The great black crows are flyin’, And down below the spur, I know, Another ‘milker’s’ dyin’; The crops have withered from the