[Editor: This poem by Henry Lawson was published in In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses, 1896.] To an Old Mate Old Mate! In the gusty old weather, When our hopes and our troubles were new, In the years spent in wearing out leather, I found you … [Read more...] about To an Old Mate [poem by Henry Lawson]
In The Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses (Henry Lawson 1896)
Preface [In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses, by Henry Lawson]
[Editor: This preface by Henry Lawson was published in In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses, 1896.] Preface. Most of the verses contained in this volume were first published in the Sydney Bulletin; others in the Brisbane Boomerang, Sydney Freeman’s … [Read more...] about Preface [In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses, by Henry Lawson]
In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses [by Henry Lawson, 1896]
[Editor: This collection of poems, written by Henry Lawson was first published in 1896.] In The Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses By Henry Lawson, author of “While the Billy Boils,” “On the Track and Over the Sliprails,” “Verses: Popular and Humorous” … [Read more...] about In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses [by Henry Lawson, 1896]
When the Children Come Home [poem by Henry Lawson]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Lawson was published in Short Stories in Prose and Verse (1894) and In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses (1896).] When the Children Come Home On a lonely selection far out in the west An old woman works all the day without … [Read more...] about When the Children Come Home [poem by Henry Lawson]
The Fire at Ross’s Farm [poem by Henry Lawson]
[Editor: This poem by Henry Lawson was published in Short Stories in Prose and Verse (1894) and In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses (1896).] The Fire at Ross’s Farm The squatter saw his pastures wide Decrease, as one by one The farmers moving to the … [Read more...] about The Fire at Ross’s Farm [poem by Henry Lawson]