[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Mordialloc. The haze along the hillsides, the sparkle on the Bay Marconi forth the message of Spring’s advance to-day. Now all the fields are blazoned with epaulettes of gold; Now all the … [Read more...] about Mordialloc [poem by E. J. Brady]
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The Flame Tree [poem by E. J. Brady]
[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] The Flame Tree. Drab-feathered birds of sorrow Droop no dull wings of Care; Nor doth a sere To-morrow, Red droughts, malign, prepare When Spring with Illawarra Makes compact green and … [Read more...] about The Flame Tree [poem by E. J. Brady]
Ringy Ringy Rosy [poem by E. J. Brady]
[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Ringy Ringy Rosy. “Ringy ringy rosy,” the morning skies are blue, And yonder by the slip-rails your sweetheart waits for you. The lizards on the fences are basking in the sun, The Wintertime … [Read more...] about Ringy Ringy Rosy [poem by E. J. Brady]
Far and Wide [poem by E. J. Brady]
[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Far and Wide. I’ll call you to the Beaches, And you shall bide with me, Along the river reaches And by the open Sea. Far and wide I have to wander, Far and wide and to and fro; ’Cross … [Read more...] about Far and Wide [poem by E. J. Brady]
O’Meara’s Well [poem by E. J. Brady]
[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] O’Meara’s Well. Twenty miles from any township, twenty miles on either track, Lay the holding of O’Meara, in the myall, ’way out back; Five and fifty hundred acres “dogleg” fenced and partly … [Read more...] about O’Meara’s Well [poem by E. J. Brady]
Red River [poem by E. J. Brady]
[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Red River. Here wave and rock their conflict fine For ever loudly wage: Here writes the Ocean, line by line Along a plastic page, His lyric of a mood divine, Then blots it out in … [Read more...] about Red River [poem by E. J. Brady]
The Book [poem by E. J. Brady]
[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] The Book. Before me gleams a Volume, rare, And radiant to behold; With picture-poems painted, fair, In lines of green and gold. That Great Raphael, who moulds the flower, And stains the … [Read more...] about The Book [poem by E. J. Brady]
The Day the Mailman Comes [poem by E. J. Brady]
[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] The Day the Mailman Comes. When Mabel puts her hair in trim, And Sis her brooches wears; When Emma, in the firelight dim, The floury scone prepares; And at the sliprails brother Jim Across … [Read more...] about The Day the Mailman Comes [poem by E. J. Brady]
Night in the Bush [poem by E. J. Brady]
[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Night in the Bush. Now, like a curtain through the trees, By Nubian fingers drawn, Dusk closes in. And by degrees, On hillward slope and lawn, The shadows lengthen, spread, and fade In … [Read more...] about Night in the Bush [poem by E. J. Brady]
Wild Cattle [poem by E. J. Brady]
[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Wild Cattle. Wild cattle from the Wingen, Two hundred head of stores, On hills and ranges mustered, And by the lone, salt shores; Through sunlit forests stringing, Along a Gippsland … [Read more...] about Wild Cattle [poem by E. J. Brady]
Northern Morning [poem by E. J. Brady]
[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Northern Morning. Cool dews lie on the lilies yet that ride in purple ranks, Like galleys from the Isles of Sleep, along the river banks. As lifted souls from Earth set free, pale swamp-mists … [Read more...] about Northern Morning [poem by E. J. Brady]
Northern Night [poem by E. J. Brady]
[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Northern Night. The blistered roof, ’neath which we dwell, Blazed out across the Bay When Night in cooling quiet fell With Sunset, gold and gay; But now the breeze will freshen ’till An … [Read more...] about Northern Night [poem by E. J. Brady]
Gerringong [poem by E. J. Brady]
[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Gerringong. I wonder if the red blood dances through some young heart like wine As, in the green Shoalhaven springtime it pulsed a-fire through mine? I wonder if, when Morning marches his … [Read more...] about Gerringong [poem by E. J. Brady]
The Call of London [poem by E. J. Brady]
[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] The Call of London. I have heard the Call of London, Yea, the savor rising sweet Of its fleshpots, down in Fleet-street When success is at your feet. Now the mail hath brought a … [Read more...] about The Call of London [poem by E. J. Brady]
Where the Saltbush Grows [poem by E. J. Brady]
[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Where the Saltbush Grows. I am sitting in a garden, by a harbor prospect fair, And a green world glows around me into distance ev’rywhere; And the petals fall in showers Like a snowstorm of … [Read more...] about Where the Saltbush Grows [poem by E. J. Brady]
Settlers on the Rise [poem by E. J. Brady]
[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Settlers on the Rise. The monarch hills above it Are crowned by sombre trees, That billow to the skyline Like dark, Titanic seas. At eventime, the shadow Of one great giant lies Across a … [Read more...] about Settlers on the Rise [poem by E. J. Brady]
Collar and Yoke [poem by E. J. Brady]
[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Collar and Yoke. “’Twas ‘bullicks’ made the country,” The man from Jindabayne, Red-whiskered, lean and hairy, Asserted once again. The chap from Rocky River, Squint-eyed and squat and … [Read more...] about Collar and Yoke [poem by E. J. Brady]
When Watts Went Out to Yugilbar [poem by E. J. Brady]
[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] When Watts Went Out to Yugilbar. The summer days, through heat and haze, Had browned the meadow lands, And in its flow sang soft and low The river on its sands — The river wide that once in … [Read more...] about When Watts Went Out to Yugilbar [poem by E. J. Brady]
Daly’s Threshing [poem by E. J. Brady]
[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Daly’s Threshing. It was “threshing” down at Daly’s, and the bearded bushmen rode Over mountain gorge and gully, where the creeks, clear-watered, flowed: From the slopes, and through the … [Read more...] about Daly’s Threshing [poem by E. J. Brady]
Deserted [poem by E. J. Brady]
[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Deserted. No welcome smoke uprearing Blue spirals in the sun, No axes down the clearing Announce a day begun. The noontide shadows find it In wearing silence still; Dark fall at eve behind … [Read more...] about Deserted [poem by E. J. Brady]
Rain in the West [poem by E. J. Brady]
[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Rain in the West. The “second class” is gay to-night, As down the gleaming rail She thunders by, a line of light, The roaring Western Mail. The “first” enjoys a fresh cigar, — Contented … [Read more...] about Rain in the West [poem by E. J. Brady]
Snowy River [poem by E. J. Brady]
[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Snowy River. The proud hills’ peerless daughter, A-singing as she goes The natal songs they taught her, Old Kosciusko knows She bears the Great Salt Water His message from the … [Read more...] about Snowy River [poem by E. J. Brady]
Coasts of Dream [poem by E. J. Brady]
[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Coasts of Dream. The window of my sick room fronts A screw-tormented bay, Where porcine Commerce squeals and grunts, And wallows day by day. Fat, vulgar tramps, in moving cloud Of smoke, … [Read more...] about Coasts of Dream [poem by E. J. Brady]
Riverine [poem by E. J. Brady]
[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Riverine. Its level lands are spread away To meet the setting sun; Fierce summers o’er them scorch and slay The grass blades, one by one; Long, wicked droughts have dried their … [Read more...] about Riverine [poem by E. J. Brady]
Outposts [poem by E. J. Brady]
[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Outposts. Beyond the noisy railway; outside the postal roads, Where swing no swaying coaches, no coaster wharfs her loads; Where brood dark-gullied ranges, where brown plains meet the sky … [Read more...] about Outposts [poem by E. J. Brady]