[Editor: This poem by Henry Lawson was published in In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses, 1896.] The Great Grey Plain Out West, where the stars are brightest, Where the scorching north wind blows, And the bones of the dead gleam whitest, And the sun on … [Read more...] about The Great Grey Plain [poem by Henry Lawson]
In The Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses (Henry Lawson 1896)
The Star of Australasia [poem by Henry Lawson]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Lawson was published in In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses, 1896.] The Star of Australasia We boast no more of our bloodless flag, that rose from a nation’s slime; Better a shred of a deep-dyed rag from the storms of the … [Read more...] about The Star of Australasia [poem by Henry Lawson]
Ben Duggan [poem by Henry Lawson]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Lawson was published in In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses, 1896.] Ben Duggan Jack Denver died on Talbragar when Christmas Eve began, And there was sorrow round the place, for Denver was a man; Jack Denver’s wife bowed down … [Read more...] about Ben Duggan [poem by Henry Lawson]
The Wreck of the ‘Derry Castle’ [poem by Henry Lawson]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Lawson was published in In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses, 1896.] The Wreck of the ‘Derry Castle’ Day of ending for beginnings! Ocean hath another innings, Ocean hath another score; And the surges sing his winnings, And … [Read more...] about The Wreck of the ‘Derry Castle’ [poem by Henry Lawson]
When the ‘Army’ Prays for Watty [poem by Henry Lawson]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Lawson was published in In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses, 1896.] When the ‘Army’ Prays for Watty When the kindly hours of darkness, save for light of moon and star, Hide the picture on the signboard over Doughty’s Horse … [Read more...] about When the ‘Army’ Prays for Watty [poem by Henry Lawson]
Taking His Chance [poem by Henry Lawson]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Lawson was published in In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses, 1896.] Taking His Chance They stood by the door of the Inn on the Rise; May Carney looked up in the bushranger’s eyes: ‘Oh! why did you come? — it was mad of you, … [Read more...] about Taking His Chance [poem by Henry Lawson]
The Ballad of the Drover [poem by Henry Lawson]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Lawson was published in In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses, 1896.] The Ballad of the Drover Across the stony ridges, Across the rolling plain, Young Harry Dale, the drover, Comes riding home again. And well his stock-horse … [Read more...] about The Ballad of the Drover [poem by Henry Lawson]
Middleton’s Rouseabout [poem by Henry Lawson]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Lawson was published in In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses, 1896.] Middleton’s Rouseabout Tall and freckled and sandy, Face of a country lout; This was the picture of Andy, Middleton’s Rouseabout. Type of a coming … [Read more...] about Middleton’s Rouseabout [poem by Henry Lawson]
Sweeney [poem by Henry Lawson]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Lawson was published in In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses, 1896.] Sweeney It was somewhere in September, and the sun was going down, When I came, in search of ‘copy’, to a Darling-River town; ‘Come-and-have-a-drink’ we’ll … [Read more...] about Sweeney [poem by Henry Lawson]
The Vagabond [poem by Henry Lawson]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Lawson was published in In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses, 1896.] The Vagabond White handkerchiefs wave from the short black pier As we glide to the grand old sea — But the song of my heart is for none to hear If one of … [Read more...] about The Vagabond [poem by Henry Lawson]
The Shanty on the Rise [poem by Henry Lawson]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Lawson was published in In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses, 1896.] The Shanty on the Rise When the caravans of wool-teams climbed the ranges from the West, On a spur among the mountains stood ‘The Bullock-drivers’ Rest’; It … [Read more...] about The Shanty on the Rise [poem by Henry Lawson]
The Glass on the Bar [poem by Henry Lawson]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Lawson was published in In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses, 1896.] The Glass on the Bar Three bushmen one morning rode up to an inn, And one of them called for the drinks with a grin; They’d only returned from a trip to the … [Read more...] about The Glass on the Bar [poem by Henry Lawson]
Past Carin’ [poem by Henry Lawson]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Lawson was published in In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses, 1896.] Past Carin’ Now up and down the siding brown The great black crows are flyin’, And down below the spur, I know, Another ‘milker’s’ dyin’; The crops have … [Read more...] about Past Carin’ [poem by Henry Lawson]
The Sliprails and the Spur [poem by Henry Lawson]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Lawson was published in In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses, 1896.] The Sliprails and the Spur The colours of the setting sun Withdrew across the Western land — He raised the sliprails, one by one, And shot them home with … [Read more...] about The Sliprails and the Spur [poem by Henry Lawson]
Trooper Campbell [poem by Henry Lawson]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Lawson was published in In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses, 1896.] Trooper Campbell One day old Trooper Campbell Rode out to Blackman’s Run, His cap-peak and his sabre Were glancing in the sun. ’Twas New Year’s Eve, and … [Read more...] about Trooper Campbell [poem by Henry Lawson]
Jack Dunn of Nevertire [poem by Henry Lawson]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Lawson was published in In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses, 1896.] Jack Dunn of Nevertire It chanced upon the very day we’d got the shearing done, A buggy brought a stranger to the West-o’-Sunday Run; He had a round and … [Read more...] about Jack Dunn of Nevertire [poem by Henry Lawson]
Andy’s Gone with Cattle [poem by Henry Lawson]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Lawson was published in In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses, 1896.] Andy’s Gone with Cattle Our Andy’s gone to battle now ’Gainst Drought, the red marauder; Our Andy’s gone with cattle now Across the Queensland … [Read more...] about Andy’s Gone with Cattle [poem by Henry Lawson]
‘Sez You’ [poem by Henry Lawson]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Lawson was published in In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses, 1896.] ‘Sez You’ When the heavy sand is yielding backward from your blistered feet, And across the distant timber you can see the flowing heat; When your head is … [Read more...] about ‘Sez You’ [poem by Henry Lawson]
The Free-Selector’s Daughter [poem by Henry Lawson]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Lawson was published in In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses, 1896.] The Free-Selector’s Daughter I met her on the Lachlan Side — A darling girl I thought her, And ere I left I swore I’d win The free-selector’s daughter. I … [Read more...] about The Free-Selector’s Daughter [poem by Henry Lawson]
Out Back [poem by Henry Lawson]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Lawson was published in In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses, 1896.] Out Back The old year went, and the new returned, in the withering weeks of drought, The cheque was spent that the shearer earned, and the sheds were all cut … [Read more...] about Out Back [poem by Henry Lawson]
The Drover’s Sweetheart [poem by Henry Lawson]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Lawson was published in In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses, 1896.] The Drover’s Sweetheart An hour before the sun goes down Behind the ragged boughs, I go across the little run And bring the dusty cows; And once I used to … [Read more...] about The Drover’s Sweetheart [poem by Henry Lawson]
‘For’ard’ [poem by Henry Lawson]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Lawson was published in In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses, 1896.] ‘For’ard’ It is stuffy in the steerage where the second-classers sleep, For there’s near a hundred for’ard, and they’re stowed away like sheep, — They are … [Read more...] about ‘For’ard’ [poem by Henry Lawson]
The Roaring Days [poem by Henry Lawson]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Lawson was published in In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses, 1896.] The Roaring Days The night too quickly passes And we are growing old, So let us fill our glasses And toast the Days of Gold; When finds of wondrous … [Read more...] about The Roaring Days [poem by Henry Lawson]
Faces in the Street [poem by Henry Lawson]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Lawson was published in In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses (1896) and The Bulletin Reciter (1901).] Faces in the Street They lie, the men who tell us in a loud decisive tone That want is here a stranger, and that misery’s … [Read more...] about Faces in the Street [poem by Henry Lawson]
In the Days When the World Was Wide [poem by Henry Lawson]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Lawson was published in In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses, 1896.] In the Days When the World Was Wide The world is narrow and ways are short, and our lives are dull and slow, For little is new where the crowds resort, and … [Read more...] about In the Days When the World Was Wide [poem by Henry Lawson]