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39 poems — showing 1–39
A Bush-Bred Youngster
Thomas Edward Spencer
There's a lonely gorge in the mountains,1906→Australian bush life & humour
A Nicht Wi' Burns in Yackandandie
Thomas Edward Spencer
'Tis said that in the world's great span,1906→Australian bush life & humour
Ben the Stoker
Thomas Edward Spencer
The Albatross sailed to the Southern Seas,1906→Australian bush life & humour
Blue-Eyed Nell
Thomas Edward Spencer
Have you seen little Nelly1906→Australian bush life & humour
Brogan's Flat
Thomas Edward Spencer
It wasn't quite the spot an average person would select1906→Australian bush life & humour
Come Back to the Bush
Thomas Edward Spencer
I'm what they call a “solid man,”1906→Australian bush life & humour
Der Pritish Tar From Amsterdam
Thomas Edward Spencer
If you listen to mine shtory vat I tell,1906→Australian bush life & humour
Did You Ever?
Thomas Edward Spencer
Did you effer seen some leetle pootle dog1906→Love & courtship
Do I Love Thee?
Thomas Edward Spencer
Song1906→Farewell & reflection
Farewell
Thomas Edward Spencer
As we travel Life's weary journey,1906→Nation, politics & public life
God Defend the Commonwealth
Thomas Edward Spencer
God defend the Commonwealth. Preserve our southern nation.1906→Australian bush life & humour
How McDougall Topped the Score
Thomas Edward Spencer
A peaceful spot is Piper's Flat. The folk that live around,1906→Landscape & place
Illawarra
Thomas Edward Spencer
In thy garden, Illawarra, where the giant lilies grow,1906→Nation, politics & public life
Latter Day Patriots
Thomas Edward Spencer
A time has been, in nearly every nation,1906→Work, disaster & remembrance
Mount Kembla
Thomas Edward Spencer
The judges are sitting in solemn array,1906→Australian bush life & humour
My Own Bonny Yacht
Thomas Edward Spencer
Song1906→Australian bush life & humour
Not Too Bad
Thomas Edward Spencer
De cottage vas close py der garden gate,1906→Australian bush life & humour
O'Mulligan's Wallaby Drive
Thomas Edward Spencer
Mr. Peter O'Mulligan often had thought1906→Australian bush life & humour
O'Toole and McSharry
Thomas Edward Spencer
A Lachlan Idyll1906→Politics & social satire
Rum and Water
Thomas Edward Spencer
Stifling was the air, and heavy; blowflies buzzed and held a levee,1906→Australian bush life & humour
Schneider Strauss
Thomas Edward Spencer
I vas all der country hunting for a man I vants to meet,1906→Australian bush life & humour
Simple Sam
Thomas Edward Spencer
Sam Fallow was a farming man1906→Australian bush life & humour
The Degeneration of Jim
Thomas Edward Spencer
Once he was a decent chap,1906→Politics & social satire
The Dream of Harum-Scarum
Thomas Edward Spencer
(With profuse apologies to the shade of Tom Hood.)1906→Australian bush life & humour
The Haunted Lagoon
Thomas Edward Spencer
There was once a man who came from Bundanoon,1906→Australian bush life & humour
The Irony of Fate
Thomas Edward Spencer
Paddy Rooke was the boss o' the shearin' shed,1906→Australian bush life & humour
The Legend of "Dead Man's Gully"
Thomas Edward Spencer
At Wheeo, in the county of King, is a lonely spot which bears the1906→Australian bush life & humour
The Penitent Swagman
Thomas Edward Spencer
One summer day, my faithful steed and I,1906→Politics & social satire
The Political Dead-Beat
Thomas Edward Spencer
You needn't think a man's a mouse, because he looks forlorn,1906→Gender & social commentary
The Power Behind the Throne
Thomas Edward Spencer
You ask me to take up my pen, and stain1906→Australian bush life & humour
The Prerogative of Piper's Flat
Thomas Edward Spencer
Given as an encore to “How M'Dougall Topped the Score,” at the public reception to1906→Australian bush life & humour
The Rouseabout
Thomas Edward Spencer
In a humble hut, on a scrubby flat,1906→Australian bush life & humour
The Song of the Mason
Thomas Edward Spencer
Within an Abbey's sacred pile,1906→Australian bush life & humour
The Song of the Sundowner
Thomas Edward Spencer
I'm the monarch of valley, and hill, and plain,1906→Australian bush life & humour
The Stockman's Serenade
Thomas Edward Spencer
Gentle Jemima! hear me sing,1906→Landscape, memory & reflection
The Voice of the Willows
Thomas Edward Spencer
Song1906→Colonial humour & cultural stereotype
The Wedding of Winona
Thomas Edward Spencer
An Indian Legend1906→Love, memory & reflection
Think of Me
Thomas Edward Spencer
Song1906→Australian bush life & humour
Tim Turpin
Thomas Edward Spencer
Tim Turpin by trade was a saddler,1906→