#Australians
‘Taint my idea uv argument to call… An’ I ain’t lookin’ round for bri… But when ’e gets disputin’ 'e’s in… It ain’t so much ‘is choice uv wor… ‘E’s sich a coot for takin’ sides,…
A vase upon the mantelpiece, A ship upon the sea, A goat upon a mountain-top Are much the same to me; But when you mention melon jam,
Ah, well, the thing that lived liv… And who are we to say it nay? When Vandal and when Goth had gon… Long, long beyond great Caesar’s… The Arts that sought for heights…
Stripped to the buff they circled… And jagged and swung and crossed; To uppercut and smash and pound No chances either lost; Till folks opined, in some alarm,
I’m standin’ at the corner uv the… The Land called Spadgers - waitin… The night’s come chilly, an’ a dri… Falls steady where a near-by stree… A gashly yeller light on stones al…
Gimme the town an’ its clamour an’… I ain’t very fond of the bush; For my cobbers are coves of the ga… A tough metropolitan push. I ain’t never too keen on the coun…
‘Arry an’ me is bits of sports; When the summer comes around We gits our sweaters an’ guns an’… An’ we seeks out 'untin’ ground. Tennis an’ 'ikin’ we reckons tame;
‘Sure thing,’ said the grocer; ‘as… This horse, Peter Pan, is the saf… ‘I see by the paper,’ commanded th… ‘He’s tipped and he carries my who… The butcher said, 'Well, now, it’…
What’s the use? Give it best; Cut her loose; Have a rest. Hope is dead;
‘Er pore dear Par.’ she sez, 'e k… An’ then she weeps an’ stares ‘ard… ’Twas thro’ ‘is death,’ she sez, ‘… To this,’ she sez . . . An’ then… ‘Er par,’ she sez, ‘me poor late ’…
The veil was rent, and mundane Ti… And I beheld the End of Things.… Pronounced on all the World that… Rank upon rank before the Throne… And every man since Time began by…
The sun burns hotly thro’ the gums As down the road old Rogan comes The hatter from the lonely hut Beside the track to Woollybutt. He likes to spend his Christmas w…
Once on this historic site Wild men of a dusky shade, In defiance of all right, Broke the laws that good men made. Time goes on - It will not pause
What have we missed? Now he retu… We are left with but our blindness… But, concentrating on his spats in… Missed all the lure of that impres… Caricaturists, gazing at his feet,
‘Excuse me if I sit on you,’ the… ‘I fear I’ve been here all the af… ‘Spare excuses,’ said the saucer;… ‘Oh, I’ll stir him up directly,'… ‘Stop your clatter! Stop your cl…