While The Billy BoilsSearch
Poet
Thomas Edward Spencer
1845–1911
Builder, contractor, industrial arbitrator and writer whose humorous verse portrayed sport, work and social life in colonial Australia.
Project Gutenberg Australia · public domain portrait · Public domain in Australia
39 poems
Poems in this collection
Bush humour, work, sport and social and political satire.
Australian bush life & humourHow McDougall Topped the Score1906 · POEM-002137Australian bush life & humourThe Prerogative of Piper's Flat1906 · POEM-002138Australian bush life & humourThe Song of the Sundowner1906 · POEM-002139Australian bush life & humourA Bush-Bred Youngster1906 · POEM-002140Australian bush life & humourThe Degeneration of Jim1906 · POEM-002141Landscape, memory & reflectionThe Voice of the Willows1906 · POEM-002142Australian bush life & humourSimple Sam1906 · POEM-002143Australian bush life & humourSchneider Strauss1906 · POEM-002144Love, memory & reflectionThink of Me1906 · POEM-002145Australian bush life & humourThe Penitent Swagman1906 · POEM-002146Australian bush life & humourO'Mulligan's Wallaby Drive1906 · POEM-002147Nation, politics & public lifeGod Defend the Commonwealth1906 · POEM-002148Nation, politics & public lifeLatter Day Patriots1906 · POEM-002149Australian bush life & humourA Nicht Wi' Burns in Yackandandie1906 · POEM-002150Australian bush life & humourThe Rouseabout1906 · POEM-002151Australian bush life & humourThe Song of the Mason1906 · POEM-002152Australian bush life & humourNot Too Bad1906 · POEM-002153Love & courtshipDo I Love Thee?1906 · POEM-002154Australian bush life & humourBen the Stoker1906 · POEM-002155Australian bush life & humourBrogan's Flat1906 · POEM-002156Australian bush life & humourMy Own Bonny Yacht1906 · POEM-002157Politics & social satireThe Political Dead-Beat1906 · POEM-002158Politics & social satireRum and Water1906 · POEM-002159Australian bush life & humourTim Turpin1906 · POEM-002160Australian bush life & humourDid You Ever?1906 · POEM-002161Australian bush life & humourThe Legend of "Dead Man's Gully"1906 · POEM-002162Australian bush life & humourThe Irony of Fate1906 · POEM-002163Australian bush life & humourThe Haunted Lagoon1906 · POEM-002164Australian bush life & humourBlue-Eyed Nell1906 · POEM-002165Work, disaster & remembranceMount Kembla1906 · POEM-002166Colonial humour & cultural stereotypeThe Wedding of Winona1906 · POEM-002167Australian bush life & humourThe Stockman's Serenade1906 · POEM-002168Australian bush life & humourCome Back to the Bush1906 · POEM-002169Australian bush life & humourO'Toole and McSharry1906 · POEM-002170Gender & social commentaryThe Power Behind the Throne1906 · POEM-002171Australian bush life & humourDer Pritish Tar From Amsterdam1906 · POEM-002172Politics & social satireThe Dream of Harum-Scarum1906 · POEM-002173Landscape & placeIllawarra1906 · POEM-002174Farewell & reflectionFarewell1906 · POEM-002175