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Anzac poetry

Remembrance Day [poem by Clara Leonar Patey, 22 April 1921]

25 April 2023 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem, by Clara Leonar Patey, was published in the Frankston & Somerville Standard (Frankston, Vic.), 22 April 1921. In earlier times, Anzac Day (25 April) was sometimes referred to as “Remembrance Day”.] Remembrance Day “Lest We Forget” heroic … [Read more...] about Remembrance Day [poem by Clara Leonar Patey, 22 April 1921]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: 500x500, Anzac Day (25 April), Anzac Day as Remembrance Day, Anzac poetry, Clara Patey (author) (ca1877-1926), poem, SourceTrove, year1921

Voices of Anzac [song by L. E. Homfray, August 1917]

5 February 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This song by L. E. Homfray was published in The Bush Brother (Dubbo, NSW), August 1917.] Voices of Anzac. Upon the shores of Anzac In many a nameless grave, Australia’s sons are sleeping, Her heroes, true and brave. The call to arms was sounding, And in … [Read more...] about Voices of Anzac [song by L. E. Homfray, August 1917]

Filed Under: songs Tagged With: Anzac poetry, L. E. Homfray (1873-1951) (author), patriotic poetry, SourceTrove, year1917

The Warriors’ Sons Who Walked [poem by “Dryblower” Murphy, 28 April 1929]

25 September 2020 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem about the sons of soldiers walking in an Anzac Day parade, written by “Dryblower” Murphy, was published in The Sunday Times (Perth, WA), 28 April 1929.] The Warriors’ Sons Who Walked By Dryblower. Over two hundred boys, sons of soldiers who fell in … [Read more...] about The Warriors’ Sons Who Walked [poem by “Dryblower” Murphy, 28 April 1929]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Anzac Day (25 April), Anzac poetry, Dryblower Murphy (1866-1939) (author), poem, SourceTrove, year1929

Our Debt of Honour [poem by L. E. H., 11 March 1921]

3 March 2017 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by L. E. Homfray was published in the Darling Downs Gazette (Toowoomba, Qld.), 11 March 1921.] Our Debt of Honour. They died to guard our honour, They died that we might live, And we, in very honour, Our humble homage give. They left their home and … [Read more...] about Our Debt of Honour [poem by L. E. H., 11 March 1921]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Anzac Day (25 April), Anzac poetry, Editor’s notes additional, Editor’s notes additional 2022, L. E. Homfray (1873-1951) (author), patriotic poetry, poem, SourceTrove, year1921

Anzac Crosses [poem by L. E. H., 18 April 1921]

3 March 2017 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by L. E. Homfray was published in The Bundaberg Mail (Bundaberg, Qld.), 18 April 1921.] Anzac Crosses. The following lines were written in reference to a special Anzac Service held in a country parish in New South Wales where the nearest relatives of … [Read more...] about Anzac Crosses [poem by L. E. H., 18 April 1921]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Anzac Day (25 April), Anzac poetry, L. E. Homfray (1873-1951) (author), patriotic poetry, poem, recommended poetry, SourceTrove, year1921

Anzac Day [poem by L. E. Homfray, 23 April 1920]

3 March 2017 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by L. E. Homfray was published in The Southern Mail (Bowral, NSW), 23 April 1920.] Anzac Day. They died to guard our honour — They died that we might live, And we, in very honour, Ungrudgingly must give. They left their home and country And all … [Read more...] about Anzac Day [poem by L. E. Homfray, 23 April 1920]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Anzac Day (25 April), Anzac poetry, L. E. Homfray (1873-1951) (author), patriotic poetry, poem, SourceTrove, year1920

Anzac Immortelles [poem by M. Robinson, 6 May 1933]

18 April 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: A poem published in the Camperdown Chronicle, 6 May 1933.] Anzac Immortelles Hark the silence — to-day is Anzac Day, Time but deepens the heart-wounds of the world’s Great War. But our dear ones who passed beyond the grave with victory, We mortals see with … [Read more...] about Anzac Immortelles [poem by M. Robinson, 6 May 1933]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Anzac poetry, M. Robinson (Camperdown), poem, SourceTrove, year1933

The Call From the Dardanelles [poem, 6 October 1915]

27 March 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: A poem published in The Referee, 6 October 1915.] The Call From the Dardanelles I stood on the deck of a troopship At the Gate of the Dardanelles, Midst the thunder of warships’ cannon And the bursting of giant shells. Where men were dying in Britain’s … [Read more...] about The Call From the Dardanelles [poem, 6 October 1915]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Anzac poetry, Dardanelles (Turkey), Gallipoli campaign, poem

The grief and glory of Gallipoli: Anzac poetry [by A. G. Stephens, 27 April 1929]

18 January 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: An article by A. G. Stephens, published in The Brisbane Courier, 27 April 1929.] The grief and glory of Gallipoli. Anzac poetry. By A. G. Stephens. Still, for unforgetting hearts, the grief comes first. Wolla Meranda wrote:— They will never come … [Read more...] about The grief and glory of Gallipoli: Anzac poetry [by A. G. Stephens, 27 April 1929]

Filed Under: articles, poetry Tagged With: A. G. Stephens (1865-1933) (author), Anzac poetry, SourceTrove, year1929

Anzacs [poem, 28 April 1942]

28 October 2012 · Leave a Comment

Anzacs When you look back through the ages, Turning over history’s pages, You’ll find brave deeds of men In every war; But no breed of man looms bigger, Than the rough and ready Digger — My hat’s off to the Anzacs, It’s those guys I’m speaking for. The above poem was … [Read more...] about Anzacs [poem, 28 April 1942]

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Anzacs [poem, 23 April 1953]

10 June 2012 · Leave a Comment

Anzacs From the cities, and the townships; From the mining camps they came; From all comers of their homeland, To defend their country’s name. And they counted not the hardships Of the game they had to play; They just played it, hard as ever, In the real colonial … [Read more...] about Anzacs [poem, 23 April 1953]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Anzac poetry, poem, SourceTrove, war poetry and military poetry, year1953

Anzacs [poem, 24 April 1944]

10 June 2012 · Leave a Comment

Anzacs Loudly the bugles of England were calling, Over the seven seas; Proudly the banners of Britain were waving, Born on the Southern breeze. Here, ’neath, her mandates, her sons dwelt in safety Tilling their golden land. Heard they the call that the Mother was … [Read more...] about Anzacs [poem, 24 April 1944]

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Anzacs [poem, 14 April 1938]

10 June 2012 · Leave a Comment

Anzacs. A sacred name to freedom’s cause ! A beacon high and bright ! A spirit we may truly claim — The Anzac soul of light. ’Twas born in Austral’s sunny climes, In fields and spaces wide ; And in New Zealand’s distant isles, Across the Tasman tide. It grew as … [Read more...] about Anzacs [poem, 14 April 1938]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Anzac poetry, poem, SourceTrove, war poetry and military poetry, year1938

Anzacs [poem, 2 May 1916]

10 June 2012 · Leave a Comment

Anzacs. In the cheerless dawn of an April morn Pale stars still lit the sky, Did the rollers break on Gaba Tepe, Where sea birds wheel and cry. The time had come, but no beating drum Or brazen trumpets blare, Did the Anzacs go to face the foe And rouse him from his … [Read more...] about Anzacs [poem, 2 May 1916]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Anzac poetry, poem, SourceTrove, war poetry and military poetry, year1916

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