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Born in 1843 / Died in 1912 / Australia / English

Poems by Joseph Furphy

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A Christmas Hymn

... Rings from yon far Judaean hill — ...

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Virtues That Pay

... So you'll sweep through the gates in your spotless array ...

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A Psalm Of Patience

... Whose prospects change from bad to worse, ...

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Impromptu Lines

... Wherefore I clothe myself in jute, ...

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Are you the Cove?

... " “O! dash my rags! let’s have some sense – ...

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Lines For Lizer-Jane's Album.

... Steered by three bright stars above, ...

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In Memoriam

... The soul has left that pulseless breast ...

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A Psalm Of Councel

... While Bulldog Boys, with clods and sticks, ...

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Brahm

... Round about A million light-years further out, ...

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The Fly In The Ointment

... Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of "Change," ...

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A Psalm Of Subjection

... March down yon steps — the doom is just — ...