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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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Jack Cornstalk as a Poet

... Not from the rivers that croon on their bars ...

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Heed Not!

...   When they speak of the things to be! ...

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The Light on the Wreck

... Like the light where, in sight of the streets of the town, ...

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The Rush to London

...   You’ll smell the gum leaves burning ...

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The Bonny Port of Sydney

...   Though you sail the wide world o’er, ...

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The Passing of Scotty

... And he’s free of thought as he’s free of breath— ...

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The Outside Track

...   But their spirit shall live on the Outside Track ...

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Captain Von Esson of the “Sebastopol”

... Till each was sunk that the Russians left—while the buildings reeled with the shock, ...

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'The Water'

...   They’d bar our sons and daughters— ...

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The Gentlemen of Dickens

...   That sound like hob-nailed boots, ...

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Caricatures

... There are artists small and artist great, ...

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Rain in the Mountains

... But, love, the rain will pass full soon, ...

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O'Hara, J.P.

... P.’ They hish’d and they whishted, and turned themselves round, ...

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The Shakedown on the Floor

...   On the home stretch through the loam— ...

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The Jolly Dead March

...   (And I’ll not buck at ‘God Save the Queen’), ...