#Australians #XIXCentury #XXCentury
Some of us may be tall, ma’am; Some of us may be dark; Some handsome; tho’ not all, ma’am… Are touched by Beatury’s spark. But tall, and dark AND handsome,…
Say, Bo, this little Yewropean wa… It grieves our gloryus nation to t… The vurry core of its great, stran… We’re tur-ble sore: That’s what.
It knocks me can in, this ere game… A bloke gets born, grows up, looks… Dreams dilly dreams, then wakes to… An’ fambly round ‘im - all ’is you… An’, gazin’ back, sees in 'is yout…
Mr Woolin-Wister was assistant at… He had an air of breeding, and the… Were very, very natty and exceedin… For every single day he was habitu… In the very latest fashion; and he…
A civic lady, peerly proud Of excellences that here crowd About her trim, well-ordered stree… The visitor she warmly greets E’er with a bland and kindly smile…
Well, I don’t know. Maybe it’s q… And maybe it is I who am perverse… Finding in this unedifying sight Mere mummery, and hearing but a bl… Of words and frowsty fustian - or…
Stuffed with tradition and trammel… Cramped in their studies, they sne… At the strange, new passions young… Thro’ a sunlit land, and a tale un… Of youth’s ambition - new-minted g…
Beneath a lamp in Spring-street,… I came unwittingly upon a most pat… A sorry spectacle of woe - a limp,… Who leaned against a post and sobb… ‘I’ve lorst me trust in 'uman men;…
Look 'ere. I’ll bet a 'arf-a-cro… To anythink you like to name (said… If country fellers went to town, An’ burnt a few big buildin’s down… An’ quids an’ quids went up in fla…
Sisters! I’ve thought o’er this until my br… Are you, indeed, such valiant resi… Of all the charm, the grace, the n… Of that strange creature who’s con…
Albert, King of the Belgians, Lived for his whole reign thro’ The father and friend of his peopl… Soldier and statesman, too. When his armies rode to the carnag…
The Children of the Sun are out, About the hills and beaches The stolid burghers halo and stout… The tailored sheik, the city lout, And plain blokes with their peache…
Mr Bodge, the banker, was a power… His city bank had granted him an a… For our town was most remote from… And only Mr Bodge could know who… So Mr Bodge within his bank reign…
I walked out with an alderman, all… He was an august alderman, and muc… Of roads and drains and bridges ..… His veins stood out in ridges, his… Then anger aldermanic came as the…
1. ANTE-ELECTIONS Now, a cove the name of Blabb, a… He’s a haughty sort o’ high pan-ja… An’ he holds a very dignified posi… As the member for the districk whe…