The Country Girl reflects at last-- And well in her young days--For she is learning very fast, The worth of City ways.The emptiness of Tailors men The women's paltry strifeThe Sham of 'Smart Society' Compared with Country Life.
The novelty wore off at length, And flattered at the Ball,She things of one who has the strength And brains above them all.She things of men who Live and Work For sweetheart and for wife.And though it be as far as Bourke, Are true to Country Life.
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Copy-textProject Gutenberg Australia, Collected Poems of Henry Lawson (2022), anchor p188; selected digital copy-text retained exactly; wording and layout confirmed against Ironbark Resources under D-180
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