[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] The Bush Fire. “’Tis nine o’clock: — to bed!” cried Egremont, Who with his youthful household (for ’tis now Long since) inhabited a lonely home In the … [Read more...] about The Bush Fire [poem by Charles Harpur]
poetry about bushfires
The Bush Fire [poem by Kenneth Mackay]
[Editor: This poem by Kenneth Mackay was published in Stirrup Jingles from the Bush and the Turf and Other Rhymes (1887).] The Bush Fire. In days when breath comes short and fast, And birds are still with stifling heat; While clouds of dust are upwards cast By weary … [Read more...] about The Bush Fire [poem by Kenneth Mackay]
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]