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Love & relationships
"He Giveth His Beloved Sleep"
A. B. Paterson
The long day passes with its load of sorrow:1902→Law & satire
“In Re a Gentleman, One”
A. B. Paterson
When an attorney is called before the Full Court to answer for any alleged misconduct it is not usual to publish his name until he is found guilty; until then the matter appears in the papers as “In re a Gentleman, One of the Attorneys of the Supreme Court”, or, more shortly, “In re a Gentleman, One”.1889→City & society
"Shouting" for a Camel
A. B. Paterson
It was over at Coolgardie that a mining speculator,1921→Road, rail & travel
A Ballad of Ducks
A. B. Paterson
The railway rattled and roared and swung1917→Love & relationships
A Bunch of Roses
A. B. Paterson
Roses ruddy and roses white,1894→Love & relationships
A Bush Christening
A. B. Paterson
On the outer Barcoo where the churches are few,1893→Work & solidarity
A Bushman's Song
A. B. Paterson
I'm travellin' down the Castlereagh, and I'm a station hand,1892→Work & solidarity
A Disqualified Jockey's Story
A. B. Paterson
You see, the thing was this way — there was me,1898→Racing & satire
A Dream of the Melbourne Cup
A. B. Paterson
(1886)1886→Politics, public life & satire
A Job for McGuinness
A. B. Paterson
Oh, it’s dreadful to think in a country like this1923→Courtship, character & comedy
A Motor Courtship
A. B. Paterson
Into her presence he gaily pranced,1906→Work & solidarity
A Mountain Station
A. B. Paterson
I bought a run a while ago,1891→Politics, public life & satire
A Nervous Governor-General
A. B. Paterson
We read in the press that Lord Northcote is here1904→Horse racing, rules & satire
A Rule of the A.J.C.
A. B. Paterson
Come, all ye bold trainers, give heed to my song.1900→Road, rail & travel
A Singer of the Bush
A. B. Paterson
There is waving of grass in the breeze1917→City & society
A Voice From the Town
A. B. Paterson
A Sequel to “A Voice from the Bush”1894→Work & solidarity
A Walgett Episode
A. B. Paterson
The sun strikes down with a blinding glare,1902→War & public life
Ambition and Art
A. B. Paterson
Ambition1894→City & society
An Answer to Various Bards
A. B. Paterson
Well, I've waited mighty patient while they all came rolling in,1892→City & society
An Evening in Dandaloo
A. B. Paterson
It was while we held our races—1891→Racing & satire
An Idyll of Dandaloo
A. B. Paterson
On Western plains, where shade is not,1889→Love & relationships
Anthony Considine
A. B. Paterson
Out in the wastes of the West countrie,1902→Work & solidarity
Any Other Time
A. B. Paterson
All of us play our very best game —1902→Love & relationships
As Long as Your Eyes Are Blue
A. B. Paterson
Wilt thou love me, sweet, when my hair is grey1891→Bush, land & travel
At the Melting of the Snow
A. B. Paterson
There’s a sunny Southern land,1917→Outback wit
Been There Before
A. B. Paterson
There came a stranger to Walgett town,1891→War & public life
Black Swans
A. B. Paterson
As I lie at rest on a patch of clover1893→War, memory & service
Boots
A. B. Paterson
We’ve travelled per Joe Gardiner, a humping of our swag1919→Horses, riding & racing
Brumby's Run
A. B. Paterson
It lies beyond the Western Pines1895→War & public life
By the Grey Gulf-water
A. B. Paterson
Far to the Northward there lies a land,1897→War, memory & service
Cassidy's Epitaph
A. B. Paterson
Here lies a bloke who’s just gone West,1919→City & country
Clancy of the Overflow
A. B. Paterson
I had written him a letter which I had, for want of better1889→City & society
Come-by-chance
A. B. Paterson
As I pondered very weary o'er a volume long and dreary —1891→Politics, public life & satire
Commandeering
A. B. Paterson
Our hero was a Tommy with a conscience free from care,1900→War & public life
Conroy's Gap
A. B. Paterson
This was the way of it, don't you know —1890→Work & solidarity
Do They Know?
A. B. Paterson
Do they know? At the turn to the straight1902→War & public life
Driver Smith
A. B. Paterson
'Twas Driver Smith of Battery A was anxious to see a fight;1899→War, empire & public conscience
El Mahdi to the Australian Troops
A. B. Paterson
And wherefore have they come, this warlike band,1885→War & public life
Father Riley's Horse
A. B. Paterson
'Twas the horse thief, Andy Regan, that was hunted like a dog1899→War & public life
Fed Up
A. B. Paterson
I ain't a timid man at all, I'm just as brave as most,1900→Bush life & society
Frying Pan's Theology
A. B. Paterson
Scene: On Monaro.1893→Law & satire
Gilhooley’s Estate
A. B. Paterson
(A ballad concerning the amalgamation of the legal professions.)1890→Politics, public life & satire
Gone Down
A. B. Paterson
To the voters of Glen Innes ’twas O’Sullivan that went,1903→War & public life
Hard Luck
A. B. Paterson
I left the course, and by my side1902→Politics, public life & satire
Hawker, the Standard Bearer
A. B. Paterson
The grey gull sat on a floating whale,1919→City & society
Hay and Hell and Booligal
A. B. Paterson
'You come and see me, boys,' he said;1896→War & public life
How Gilbert Died
A. B. Paterson
There's never a stone at the sleeper's head,1895→Sea & travel
How M'ginnis Went Missing
A. B. Paterson
Let us cease our idle chatter,1889→