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438 poems — showing 1–48
Love, family & relationships
“39”
Henry Lawson
I only woke this morning1913→War, nation & remembrance
“Bound for the Lord-Knows-Where”
Henry Lawson
“Where are you going with your horse and bike,1913→Love & relationships
“Broken Axletree”
Henry Lawson
On the Track of Grand Endeavour, on the long track out to Bourke,1910→Love, family & relationships
“Bush Hay”
Henry Lawson
The stamp of Scotland is on his face,1913→Bush life & society
“Everyone's Friend”
Henry Lawson
“Nobody’s enemy save his own”—1910→Sea & travel
“Fall in, My Men, Fall In.”
Henry Lawson
“Fall in, my men, fall in.”1910→City & society
“Here Died.”
Henry Lawson
There’s many a schoolboy’s bat and ball that are gathering1910→Sea & travel
“Outside”
Henry Lawson
I want to be lighting my pipe on deck,1910→Bush, land & travel
“Victor”
Henry Lawson
And his death came in December,1913→War & public life
A Backward Glance
Henry Lawson
It is well when you've lived in clover,1897→Love & relationships
A Bush Girl
Henry Lawson
She’s milking in the rain and dark,1910→Bush life & society
A Derry on a Cove
Henry Lawson
’Twas in the felon’s dock he stood, his eyes were1900→Work & solidarity
A Dirge of Joy
Henry Lawson
Oh! this is a joyful dirge, my friends, and this is a hymn of praise;1915→Work & solidarity
A Fantasy of War
Henry Lawson
From Australia1915→War & public life
A Little Mistake
Henry Lawson
’Tis a yarn I heard of a new-chum ‘trap’1900→Work & solidarity
A Mate Can Do No Wrong
Henry Lawson
We learnt the creed at Hungerford,1915→Bush life & society
A May Night on the Mountains
Henry Lawson
’Tis a wonderful time when these hours begin,1900→City & society
A Mixed Battle Song
Henry Lawson
Lo! the Boar’s tail is salted, and the Kangaroo’s exalted,1915→Work & solidarity
A New John Bull
Henry Lawson
A tall, slight, English gentleman,1915→Goldfields & memory
A Prouder Man Than You
Henry Lawson
If you fancy that your people came of better stock than mine,1892→War & public life
A Slight Misunderstanding at the Jasper Gate
Henry Lawson
Oh, do you hear the argument, far up above the skies?1915→Poetry & public voice
A Song of the Republic
Henry Lawson
Sons of the South, awake! arise!1887→City & society
A Study in the “Nood”
Henry Lawson
‘A sailor named Grice was seen by the guard of a goods train1900→City & country
A Voice From the City
Henry Lawson
On western plain and eastern hill1905→Love, family & relationships
A Word from the Bards
Henry Lawson
It is New Year’s Day and I rise to state that here on the Sydney side1913→Work & solidarity
A Word to Texas Jack
Henry Lawson
Texas Jack, you are amusin’. By Lord Harry, how I laughed1900→War, nation & remembrance
Above Crow’s Nest (Sydney)
Henry Lawson
(Sydney)1913→City & society
Above Lavender Bay
Henry Lawson
’Tis glorious morning everywhere1910→Bush life & society
After All
Henry Lawson
The brooding ghosts of Australian night have gone from the bush and town;1896→City & society
All Ashore!
Henry Lawson
The rattling "donkey" ceases,1914→Work & solidarity
An Australian Advertisement
Henry Lawson
We want the man who will lead the van,1890→War & separation
And the Bairns Will Come
Henry Lawson
So you’ve seen at last what we have seen so long through scalding tears:1905→Love, family & relationships
And What Have You to Say?
Henry Lawson
I mind the days when ladies fair1913→Absence & hope
Andy's Gone with Cattle
Henry Lawson
Our Andy's gone to battle now1888→Bush work & pastoral life
Andy's Return
Henry Lawson
With pannikins all rusty,1905→Bush life & society
Antony Villa
Henry Lawson
A Ballad of Ninety-three1900→War & public life
As Far as Your Rifles Cover
Henry Lawson
Do you think, you slaves of a thousand years to poverty, wealth and1905→Mateship & memory
As Good As New
Henry Lawson
Oh, this is a song of the old lights, that came to my heart like a hymn;1905→Politics & society
As Ireland Wore the Green
Henry Lawson
By right of birth in southern land I send my warning forth.1891→War & public life
As It Was in the Beginning
Henry Lawson
As it was in the beginning, so we’ll find it in the end,1910→War & public life
At the Beating of a Drum
Henry Lawson
Fear ye not the stormy future, for the Battle Hymn is strong,1910→War & public life
At the Tug-of-war
Henry Lawson
’Twas in a tug-of-war where I—the guvnor’s hope and pride—1900→War & public life
Australia's Forgotten Flag
Henry Lawson
[I think the grandest monument in Australia is that at Eureka with the four1900→War, nation & remembrance
Australia’s Peril, The Warning
Henry Lawson
Not from the God of Nations direct shall the bolt be hurled,1913→Bush life & society
Australian Bards and Bush Reviewers
Henry Lawson
While you use your best endeavour to immortalise in verse1894→Labour & nation
Australian Engineers
Henry Lawson
Ah, well! but the case seems hopeless, and the pen might write in vain;1905→Bush humour & satire
Ballad of Mabel Clare: An Australian Story to Be Read and Sung Hereafter
Henry Lawson
Ye children of the Land of Gold,1900→Love & relationships
Barta
Henry Lawson
Wide solemn eyes that question me,1905→