FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

Poetic Works of Henry Lawson

David McKee Wright

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Henry Lawson

The Storm That is to Come

By our place in the midst of the farthest seas we are fated to stand alone.

Poetic Works of Henry Lawson

David McKee Wright

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130

Henry Lawson

Men We Might Have Been

When God's wrath-cloud is o'er me.

Poetic Works of Henry Lawson

David McKee Wright

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131

Henry Lawson

Booth's Drum

They were ratty -- they were hooted by the meanest and the least.

Poetic Works of Henry Lawson

David McKee Wright

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133

Henry Lawson

Mount Buckaroo

Only the old post is standing.

Poetic Works of Henry Lawson

David McKee Wright

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134

Henry Lawson

Bourke

I've followed all my tracks and ways.

Poetic Works of Henry Lawson

David McKee Wright

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136

Henry Lawson

Sticking to Bill

There's a things that sends a lump to my throat.

Poetic Works of Henry Lawson

David McKee Wright

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137

Henry Lawson

Drums of Battersea

They can't hear in the West o' London.

Poetic Works of Henry Lawson

David McKee Wright

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139

Henry Lawson

The Wreck of the Derry Castle

Day of endings for beginnings!

Poetic Works of Henry Lawson

David McKee Wright

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140

Henry Lawson

Ruth

All is well -- in a prison -- tonight.

Poetic Works of Henry Lawson

David McKee Wright

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149

Henry Lawson

To My Cultured Critics

Fight through ignorance, want and care.

Poetic Works of Henry Lawson

David McKee Wright

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150

Henry Lawson

Pigeon Toes

A dusty clearing in the scrubs.

Poetic Works of Henry Lawson

David McKee Wright

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153

Henry Lawson

The Battling Days

So, sit you down in a straight-backed chair.

Poetic Works of Henry Lawson

David McKee Wright

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154

Henry Lawson

The Fire at Ross's Farm

The squatter saw his pastures wide.

Poetic Works of Henry Lawson

David McKee Wright

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157

Henry Lawson

The Shame of Going Back

When you've come to make a fortune.

Poetic Works of Henry Lawson

David McKee Wright

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158

Henry Lawson

Farewell to the Bushmen

Some carry their swags in the Great North-west.

Poetic Works of Henry Lawson

David McKee Wright

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158

Henry Lawson

Break o' Day

You love me, you say, and I think you do.

Poetic Works of Henry Lawson

David McKee Wright

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159

Henry Lawson

Cross-Roads

Once more I write a line to you.

Poetic Works of Henry Lawson

David McKee Wright

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160

Henry Lawson

Men Who Come Behind

There's a class of men (and women) who are always on their guard.

Poetic Works of Henry Lawson

David McKee Wright

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161

Henry Lawson

Riding Round the Lines

Dust and smoke against the sunrise out where grim disaster lurks.

Poetic Works of Henry Lawson

David McKee Wright

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162

Henry Lawson

The Christ of the Never

With eyes that are narrowed to pierce.

Poetic Works of Henry Lawson

David McKee Wright

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163

Henry Lawson

A Prouder Man Than You

If you fancy that your people came of better stock than mine.

Poetic Works of Henry Lawson

David McKee Wright

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164

Henry Lawson

From the Bush

The channel fog has lifted.

Poetic Works of Henry Lawson

David McKee Wright

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165

Henry Lawson

The Separation

We knew too little of the world.

Poetic Works of Henry Lawson

David McKee Wright

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166

Henry Lawson

Cherry-Tree Inn

The rafters are open to sun, moon and star.

Poetic Works of Henry Lawson

David McKee Wright

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Henry Lawson

Foreign Lands

You may roam the wide seas over, follow, meet, and cross the sun.