[Editor: This poem was published in the “Sun Rays of the Week” column, in The Newcastle Sun (Newcastle, NSW), 1 January 1921.] Our Mayor Here’s to the Mayor, with his wisdom and power, Known to most of his people as Robert Kilgour; Though some of the clan who his genius adore, Prefer to address him […]
1921 [poem, 1 January 1921]
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[Editor: This poem was published in the “Sun Rays of the Week” column, in The Newcastle Sun (Newcastle, NSW), 1 January 1921.] 1921 We turn another leaf today, Page 1921; What will be written, who can say, In 1921? For many changes there will be In home and town, in you and me, We hope […]
Happy New Year! [poem, 1 January 1921]
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[Editor: This poem was published in Smith’s Weekly (Sydney, NSW), 1 January 1921.] Happy New Year! Here’s to the New Year, solvent and gay, Kicking his heels in the new-mown hay! Here’s to the pessimist down the field Who reckoned the rain would spoil the yield! Here’s to the Old Year over the hill Who […]
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