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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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The Other Gum

... We’re sinners all – the world knows that, ...

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That Great Waiting Silence

... Through indifferent-seeming cities—and the browned men straight and tall ...

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A Fantasy of War

... Knee-deep in white man’s blood to wreck all things that we have made! ...

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The Song of the Waste-Paper Basket

...   With the scrawl of the dunce and clown, ...

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The King (II)

... The countless thousands cheer and strive ...

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Poverty

... The greatest curse since man had birth, ...

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The March of Ivan

... “You shall hear us, you shall see us—save the dead and deaf and blind— ...

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A Prouder Man Than You

... Friendship that can laugh at fortune, friendship that can conquer pride! ...

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In the Height of Fashion

...   ‘When the World was Round!’—But ah! ...

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Advertisement for Hean’s Essence

... If yer gotter corf about yer, ...

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Next Door

... With some bottles to sell that shall bring me a beer, ...

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A Dirge of Joy

... But this dance shall be nothing compared with the dance of the spook of the writer who sings ...

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The Ballad of the Rousabout

... ) I’ve tramped, and camped, and ‘shore’ and drunk with many mates Out Back— ...

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The God-Forgotten Election

...  And its paint is cracked and powdered, and its threads are bare and thin, ...

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Hannah Thomburn

... Hearts quickened, cheeks flushed and eyes brightened, ...