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246 articles are tagged with poem. (Note: A search of the full text of articles for poem finds 35978 articles)
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RIDDLES.
[ tagged as poem riddles ]
The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Wednesday 31 July 1929, page 6
News 63 wordsSent in by Wattie Day. What does many a mile with [?] head down? A nail in a boot. ... -
GOING—GOING—GONE
[ tagged as black cat cat mouse poem ]
The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Thursday 8 March 1928, page 6
News 36 wordsThere was once a little mouse, And a little black cat, Who lived in a house— And that was that! ... -
GOING-GOINGGONE!
[ tagged as black cat cat mouse poem ]
The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Saturday 4 August 1928, page 8
News 48 wordsThere was once a little mouse, And a little black cat, Who lived in a house... And that was that! ... -
THE CAT
[ tagged as cat poem ]
The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Thursday 14 June 1928, page 8
News 105 wordsA cat is the wisest think I know. He follows the sun wherever it goes— In the mignonette whete the wall is low, ... -
LINES.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Thursday 22 June 1837, page 3
News 136 wordsI did not weep When I was told My bridal day was near, But oh, the words came icy cold, Upon my anguished eat. ... -
SELECT POETRY.
"THOUGH YEARS HAVE VAST."
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Tuesday 24 February 1835, page 4
News 272 wordsBENEATH the beams of morning bright, Creation smiles ground, And every being feels delight With wreaths of bright hopes crowned; ... -
REMEMBRANCE.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Tuesday 15 September 1835, page 4
News 98 wordsTalk offorgelfuloese! No [?]ough beg rest is where the yew-tree casts a depenning gollom, And round her grave the dewy wild-flowers bloom, And, Waves the green grass o'er,her gentle breast. ... -
FAMILY POETRY.—THE CONFESSION.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Thursday 24 December 1835, page 4
News 155 wordsTHERE'S somewhat on my breast, father, There's somewhat on my breast! The livelong day I sigh, father. At night I cannot rest; ... -
SELECT POETRY.
"OH, WEEP NOT SO!"
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Thursday 25 November 1841, page 4
News 219 wordsA LADYE wept for the early lost, And comfort spoke in vain, For the hearts of that Orphan Pair were linked By many a hidden chain, ... -
"JUST A TEASE"
Pink Merit Card.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Thursday 4 October 1928, page 6
News 92 words[?]ve gol two bonny calves, And Plough they're nearly eight, They're just six inches high. And very light in weight. ... -
THE BRAVE OLD TOP-SAIL.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Courier (Hobart, Tas. : 1840-1859) Saturday 11 November 1848, page 4
News 384 wordsTHERE was an old top-sail under which the Terror was how to for eight or nine days. The fore-topmast stay-sail made [?] of it very soon after the gale commenced. The old veteran [?] sail was unbent when the gale moderated, and had to give [?]ce to a new ... -
DINNA FORGET ME.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Tuesday 2 August 1842, page 4
News 118 wordsThe last time we roved through Lochaber's dark glen, When the red blooming heather wi' night dew waa wet, You ken, bonnie lass, what ye promised me then; You canna forget love! you canna forget! ... -
POETRY.
THE DEATH OF THE FLOWERS.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Thursday 24 February 1842, page 4
News 425 wordsThe melancholy days are come, The saddest of the year, Of wailing winds and naked woods, And meadows brown and serve, ... -
THRIFT!
[ tagged as C J Dennis poem ]
The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933-1954) Saturday 2 September 1933, page 20
News 185 wordsREPLYING to criticism of certain passages in his latest book, an Australian author (Mr. Bernard Cronin) has declared that there are slums in ... -
The Point of View.
[ tagged as C J Dennis poem ]
The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933-1954) Saturday 14 October 1933, page 18
News ILLUSTRATED 271 wordsFAR away in Arnhem Land An old, grey buck harangues his band, A seer who's been on "walk-about" ... -
"THE LARRIKIN GANG."
[ tagged as larrikins poem ]
The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879-1954) Friday 29 January 1892, page 3
News 395 wordsMr. Fred. Maccabe, who is a great traveller and goes about the world with eyes wide open, says that one of the signs of evil times to come in Victoria and New South Wales is ... -
Original Poetry.
TO A YOUNG LADY AT P—.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Tuesday 20 December 1831, page 4
News 215 wordsBRIGHT as the eastern glorious sun, Yet mild as Cynthia's ray, Was thy sweet smile, which soon had won And borne my heart away; ... -
POETRY.
PARTING SONG. Tune—"And wilt thou my farwell love?"
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Thursday 20 January 1842, page 4
News 175 wordsAND canst thou say farewell, love, And thus—thus coldly part? My sighs, My tears'must tell, love The augdish of my heart. ... -
POETRY.
THE MOTHER'S WARNING.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Tuesday 16 August 1836, page 4
News 373 wordsPray thee, dear one, heed him not Love has an unquiet lot, Why fer words o[?] fear and fate. Shouldst thou change thy sweet estate? ... -
POETRY.
THE STOUT OLD BRITISH SHIP. TUNE—" The Old Oak Tree."
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Thursday 12 August 1841, page 4
News 367 wordsHurrah I for the stout old British ship, The monarch of the sea! That bounds like a greybound from the slip, When the sails are loose[?]'d free; ... -
POETRY.
I AM BLIND. (BY THE LATE ROBERT NICHOLL.)
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Tuesday 25 May 1841, page 4
News 487 wordsThe woodland! O! how beautiful How pleasant it must be! How soft its grass- how fresh the leaves Upon each forest tree! ... -
POETRY.
THE INDIAN'S TALE. J. G. WHITTE[?].
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Saturday 10 April 1841, page 4
News 595 words[?] generally believed by the firstsettlers of New Engsd, that a mortad pustiltuice hud,a short tune previous [?] their arrival, in a great measure depopulated some of be finest portions of the country on the seaboard. The ... -
Select Poetry.
[?]From a volums of Sacred Melodies, by Samu[?] Miller Waring.] TO THE MAGDALEN.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Tuesday 15 February 1831, page 4
News 193 wordsYes, weep, O woman frail and fair; Though tears that fall so fast Amid that bright up-braided hair C[?]n ne'er efface the past. ... -
Select Poetry.
THE MARINER'S CHILD TO HIS MOTHER (From Roscoe's Juvenile Keepsake.)
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Saturday 5 June 1830, page 4
News 224 wordsO[?], weep no more, sweet mother, O[?], weep no more to-night; And only watch the sea, mother, Beneath the morning light. ... -
SELECT POETRY.
THE MOTHER'S HOPE.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Saturday 5 September 1835, page 4
News 333 wordsIs there when the winds are singing In the happy summer time— When the rap[?]ured air is ringing With Ea th's music heavenward sp[?]inging ... -
Select Poetry.
THE LAST WOMAN! (From the London John Bull.)
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Tuesday 31 May 1831, page 4
News 461 wordsI see him not! the Man is gone! The Man who watched my carriage! Oh! while I lingered last but one, There still seem'd hopes of marriage[?] ... -
ORIGINAL POETRY.
THOUGHTS BY STAR-LIGHT.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Thursday 4 June 1840, page 4
News 383 wordsNune[?] o nune liceat[?]crudelem abrumpere vitam Dum cur[?] ambig[?] dum spes incerta futuri. Oh! that my spirit could dissolve, And pass from earth away; ... -
POETRY.
EVENING STANZA.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Thursday 10 June 1841, page 4
News 382 wordsSublime it is at eve to vitw sweet nature's beauteous face, Resting beneath the valuted sky's immeasurable space, The glorious sun half-dipped below the ocean's placid line, ... -
POETRY.
THE EMIGRANT CURATE'S FAREWELL. (FROM THE REV. S.C. WILKS'S ROSEBUDS RESCURD.)
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Saturday 27 August 1836, page 4
News 597 wordsI HAIL thee, fair mother:I gladden to see As doves at their windows thy progeny; And I love thee the more in these recreant days; For thy walls are salvation, thy gates are praise: ... -
Original Poetry.
THE SEDUCED. " These are thy fruits, successful passion these." BYNON.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Saturday 30 October 1841, page 2
News 892 words' Tis strange, he comes not breaking every row, Affection pledged, can be desert her now: Week after week in expectation pass'd, And each day dawned more hopeless than the last. ... -
POETRY.
WHAT IS LOVE?
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Tuesday 17 August 1841, page 4
News 456 wordsSay what is Love? the thoughtless maiden cries, How doth he live, where doth he dwell? The question proves, she never breathed his sighs, Nor ever fell his tears her blue eyes swell. ... -
Original Poetry.
FOR THE SYDNEY GAZETTE. Imitation of the 16th Odc, 2d Book of Horace. "Otium Divos rogat in Patenti," &c. To J. D. L.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Thursday 2 April 1829, page 4
News 488 wordsFONDLY the scaman prays,—for case and length of days, When o'er the the Indian seas,—roars the typhoon; Swift round the magnet flies,—hope in his bosom dies, ... -
HISTORY OF A PRINTER.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Thursday 17 March 1842, page 4
News 858 wordsBles[?] Invention, alone to God the praise! For gifting man this noble art to raise; From thee what benefits do men possess! Our Nation's Bulwark is— the BRITISH PRESS!" ... -
ON ADAM LINDSAY GORDON.
[ tagged as Adam Lindsay Gordon poem ]
The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879-1954) Saturday 3 October 1885, page 9
News 135 wordsWe know thy tale, and rashly deem it crime, O Bard! who won us with thy wild bush songs; No more shall we in thy deep passionate rhyme ... -
THE SINGER IN BROWN
[ tagged as Mary Gilmore poem ]
The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Saturday 26 October 1929, page 6
News 68 wordsO. singer in brown, O. bird o' th' morn! O. heart of delight In the deep o' the thorn! ... -
WHY I AM HAPPY
[ tagged as Mary Gilmore poem ]
The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Saturday 26 October 1929, page 6
News 57 wordsBecause a bird sings in a tree. A rosebud hangs upon a wall. A moted sunbeam lies across The shadowed pathway of my hall. ... -
IN SILENCE.
[ tagged as Poem ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Wednesday 25 April 1928, page 16
News 109 wordsIn silence, stand awhile, These men who died, Not only heroes were, but pioneers Of greater glory in the future years, ... -
A DOG TO HIS MASTER
[ tagged as poem ]
The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Thursday 31 May 1928, page 6
News 87 wordsI do not ask a bed of case If but my head is on your knees. I do not ask for dainty fare If only I with you may share. ... -
SCRAPS OF A WANDERER.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 8 August 1846, page 1
News 372 wordsApproach, my muse! I court thy power; come on thy azure wing, And let me feel thy genial warmth, while I of beauty sing. ... -
SCRAPS OF A WANDERER.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Wednesday 5 August 1846, page 1
News 315 words[The only native who has been executed for crime in New Zealand was Maketu, for the murder of Mrs. Robinson and her children. It was a murder of a very atrocious character, and excited a great deal of ... -
SCRAPS OF A WANDERER.
CARE SOOTHED BY MERCY AND HOPE.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 18 July 1846, page 1
News 272 wordsWhen shall the trying care be past, The grief that clouds our happiest hour; Why will not joy remain at last To soothe us with its blissful power? ... -
THE FAREWELL.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 5 September 1846, page 4
News 195 wordsAnd part we thus?—The charm is broken! On thee my thoughts no more may dwell, And all that now remains is spoken In this sad simple word, "FAREWELL!" ... -
SCRAPS OF A WANDERER.
THE MASK OF HUMAN NATURE.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Wednesday 2 September 1846, page 1
News 1600 wordsUnmask thee, nature! dare not so boldly seek my face Whilst thou art veiled; for well thou knowest that I can read thee; and that now, beneath thy smiling Surface, there's another likeness, thy own and proper one. ... -
SCRAPS OF A WANDERER.
THE NEW ZEALAND SLAVE GIRL.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Wednesday 15 July 1846, page 2
News 587 wordsI saw the slave girl bending low, in prayer to God on high, She humbly breathed her piety in many a troubled sigh, ... -
SCRAPS OF A WANDERER
AMBITION AND ITS VICTIM.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 22 August 1846, page 4
News 916 wordsAmbition!—'tis a lofty mountain, Climbing to the skies, whose summit's never reached; But on its sides are pleasant spots, e'en from the base, Varying in attraction: but, most strange to say, ... -
XXVIII. MY LOVE.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Wednesday 9 September 1846, page 1
News 143 wordsShe was not beautiful, they said, The cold of heart and stern of head, Who measure by some given line The meet, the graceful, and the fine: ... -
XXIX. FAREWEL.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Wednesday 9 September 1846, page 1
News 124 wordsWe love, and we are blest in over measure: We give our hearts to friendship and rejoice In the peculiar fitness of our choice: Then blow the blasts of Fate, and all our pleasure ... -
XXX. REASONS FOR A RED NOSE.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Wednesday 9 September 1846, page 1
News 66 wordsAsk the Doctor why Mrs. G.'s nose is so red? And BRANDY'S the word (with a wink) that is said; But the Lady herself says she certainly thinks 'Tis because of the great deal of WATER she drinks: ... -
Original Poetry.
TASMANIA'S APPEAL.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Wednesday 7 October 1846, page 1
News 535 wordsGreatQueen of Nations! mighty Britain, hear— Deign to receive a stricken suppliant's prayer! Reno[?]ned for justice—island of the free, 'Tis t[?]ne own offspring now that cries to thee. ... -
Original Poetry.
ON THE REVIVAL OF TRANSPORTATION.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 24 October 1846, page 4
News 359 wordsArise, Australia's children! stay the pest That threatens to o'erspread this beauteous land— Arise, ere Mammon on her brightening cres[?] In burning characters affix the brand ... -
XXXIV. EPITAPH FOR A SAILOR.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Wednesday 4 November 1846, page 1
News 75 wordsIn Port at last! Around HIS Bark no more The wave shall threaten, or the tempest roar. None ever voyaged the wild sea of Life Less rudened by its danger, toil, and strife. ... -
XXXV. THE TREE OF LIBERTY.
(A Song for the Future.)
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Wednesday 4 November 1846, page 1
News 205 wordsWe'll plant the Tree of Liberty In the centre of the Land, And round, it ranged as Guardians be A vowed and trusty band; ... -
Select Poetry.
SONG FOR THE NEW YEAR.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 2 January 1847, page 4
News 359 wordsOld Time has turned another page Of Eternity and Truth; He reads with a warning voice to age, And whispers a lesson to youth. ... -
SELECT POETRY.
SONG OF THE RED INDIAN.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 23 November 1844, page 1
News 199 wordsOh! why should the white man hang on my path, Like the hound on the tiger's track? Does the flush of my dark cheek waken his wrath? Does he covet the bow at my back? ... -
Original Poetry.
SONG OF THE SCOTTISH SHEPHERD ON THE HILLS OF NEW SOUTH WALES.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Wednesday 4 February 1846, page 4
News 300 wordsFar, far from my home in the hielands so grand, And a[?]tending these sheep on a wide distant land, I feel myself happy wherever I be, With my lass of Australia sweet smiling by me. ... -
ORIGINAL POETRY.
THE LASS OF ULENGO.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 26 August 1843, page 4
News 192 wordsLet those who worship fashion sigh At titled beauty's feet; Let him whose god is mammon try A golden bride to meet; ... -
ORIGINAL POETRY.
A SONG FOR THE SPRING TIME.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 16 September 1843, page 4
News 120 wordsThe mimosas are blooming, For summer is coming, I felt her warm breath in the forest to-day: Where the river is streaming, ... -
THE DREAM.
(From "Rosa; or the Hundred Sonnets of Love.")
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 28 October 1843, page 4
News 114 wordsIn sleep with a sweet pang my brain was wrung, And straight methought I passed from life away To a far isle, whereon a brighter day ... -
ORIGINAL POETRY.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem Poetry ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 11 May 1844, page 4
News 129 wordsLife is a fearful thing!—to be, With little gleam of knowledge why, Hung in this world's immensity, With doubt and change in all we see ... -
ORIGINAL POETRY.
ON INTELLECTUAL PRIDE AND SELFEXAGGERATION.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 30 September 1843, page 1
News 213 wordsThere is an enemy that dwells Hid in the chambers of the mind, That chains religion down, and swells Ambition into scorn of kind, ... -
ORIGINAL POETRY.
THE DYING SORROW OF THE WIDOW'S BOY. [FOUNDED ON FACT.]
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 11 November 1843, page 1
News 161 wordsI do not fear to die, mother, I do not fear to die; For is there not a better world Beyond the starry sky? ... -
ORIGINAL POETRY.
THE ONE THING NEEDFUL. (Inscribed to Mr. C. E. Walthall, Tobacco Manufacturer, Maitland.)
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 9 December 1843, page 4
News 630 wordsGood living is prime without doubt, And gold more desirable still; 'Tis sport for a prince to kick out A dun after paying his bill: ... -
ORIGINAL POETRY.
THE TORTURES OF LOVE.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 1 June 1844, page 4
News 281 wordsMy heart is like a captive bird That would be free again; Wild thoughts, that breathe like fire, are stirred To madness in my brain: ... -
ORIGINAL POETRY.
TO—.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 3 February 1844, page 2
News 392 wordsWhy bows my spirit still before thy shrine, My every thought and action own thy sway? Though doomed in hapless wretchedness to pine, No star of hope to cheer my lonely way, ... -
ORIGINAL POETRY.
THE EVENING STAR.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 22 June 1844, page 4
News 127 wordsThe stars were lit in heaven, and we did rove, Rosa and I, in the cool shadowless haze Of early night, at those wild lights to gaze, Ere'yet the moon, whose rim was now above ... -
ORIGINAL POETRY.
THE SONG OF LIFE.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 25 May 1844, page 4
News 130 wordsOh, glad are the notes of the springtime bird, And rich in delight are summer's perfumes, Bright then the wave by the zephyrs stirred— But the winter comes. ... -
AN OLD HAND'S CHAUNT.
Air—"The Literary Dustman."
[ tagged as poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 18 May 1844, page 4
News 672 words(Composed by a gentleman of Maitland, and sung at the amateur performance for the benefit of the Maitland Benevolent Asylum.) [?]Tis twenty years, or nearly so, ... -
ORIGINAL POETRY.
THE ANGEL OF DREAMS.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 26 October 1844, page 1
News 658 wordsThrough the crowded city I've wing'd my flight, My torch and my guide the moon's pale light. I've smiled on the couch of the lone and sad, Nor left them not till their hearts were glad; ... -
ORIGINAL POETRY.
LINES WRITTEN ON THE DEATH OF HENRY, ELDEST SON OF MR. JOHN KINGSMILL.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 29 June 1844, page 4
News 152 wordsHe is gone to the mansion of a peaceful abode, To the house of his Father, the throne of his God— To those glorious regions of heavenly peace, Where griefs are forgotten, and cares ever cease. ... -
ORIGINAL POETRY.
LINES ON THE DEATH OF A YOUNG LADY, AGED EIGHTEEN.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 17 August 1844, page 4
News 241 wordsHow sad and solemn 'tis to see Those whom we love depart; To gaze on cold mortality, And feel our warm tears start. ... -
NEWCASTLE CRATITUDE.
A BALLAD. Air—Vive la compagnie.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 2 November 1844, page 2
News 190 wordsSir George, we thank you for your trip, T' inspect our roads and bridges— Our bridges through which waggons slip, Our roads all ruts and ridges! ... -
POETRY.
THE COMET, 1861.
[ tagged as poem ]
The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858-1889) Monday 14 October 1861, page 3
News 272 words"Terroresque in c[?]le, et signa magna."—S. Luc. xxi. I. Whence art thou? sudden comewt of the sun! In what far depths of God thine orient place? ... -
ORIGINAL POETRY.
SONG FOB THE VOLUNTEERS.
[ tagged as poem ]
The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858-1889) Saturday 25 February 1860, page 3
News 140 wordsArm [?] arm for the war, though the foe seems to sleep, Though of friendship he speaks and alliance, Preparelest he wake, and with rage dread and deep Mutter curses of blood and defiance. ... -
POEMS BY CHARLES HARPUR.
GENERAL PREFACE.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Wednesday 3 June 1846, page 1
News 961 wordsI am painfully aware, that amongst the wiser and most virtuous portions of educated society, there exists at present a strong prepossession in disfavor of poetry. I do not, ... -
SELECT POETRY.
THE FIRST.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 29 April 1843, page 4
News 290 wordsThe first, the first!—oh! nought like it Our after years can bring, For summer hath no flowers so sweet As those of early spring. ... -
A Dialogue between two Hibernians in Botany Bay[?]
[ tagged as Francis Macnamara poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Saturday 8 February 1840, page 3
News 921 wordsMusha welcome to Botany, Paddy, my dear, Yer the last man in Ireland, I thought of seeing here. By my aunty Kate's side, you are my cousin jarmin. ... -
SELECT POETRY.
THE LAUNCH OF A FIRST-RATE.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 15 July 1843, page 1
News 172 wordsEngland hails thee with emotion, Mightiest child of naval art; Heaven resounds thy welcome! Ocean Takes thee smiling to his heart. ... -
XL. THE MARTYRS OF FORTUNE.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Wednesday 13 January 1847, page 1
News 113 wordsWant ground the faces of the Prophets old; Our greatest Bards were only rich in song; The golden-hearted ever wanted gold; And they who wronged not ever suffered wrong. ... -
XLI. THE OLD BROOK.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Wednesday 13 January 1847, page 1
News 358 wordsBack from a distant Shore The Wanderer had come: He stood beside the Brook once more That cooled his Childhood's home; ... -
CATALOGUE OF ARTICLES FOR THE MAITLAND BAZAAR.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Wednesday 12 May 1847, page 4
News 243 wordsAlthough all attempts must assuredly fail To name every article offered for sale, Yet perhaps, though imperfect, the following list May the purchaser's choice in some measure assist. ... -
XV. THE BOY'S EVENING SONG.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Wednesday 15 July 1846, page 1
News 226 wordsO Sister! see the great red Sun Is half behind the western hills-And the tree-shades seem trying all How far they can stretch! ... -
XIII. AN INTELLECTUAL BELIEF.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 11 July 1846, page 1
News 226 wordsTRUTH, in its universality, is God In manifest operation round about: And in so far, in our apportioned sphere, As we evince or vindicate the Truth, ... -
XIV. VIRGINAL LOVE.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 11 July 1846, page 1
News 119 wordsI love Him so, That though his face I ne'er might see, In the assurance that he so loved me, My happy heart would glow ... -
POEMS BY CHARLES HARPUR.
XI. THE GLEN OF THE WHITEMAN'S GRAVE.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Wednesday 1 July 1846, page 1
News 947 wordsI had well-nigh fared through a summer day O'er rugged mountains that round me lay, Far as a wonder-keen eye could see, Range after range, like a shoreless sea ... -
POEMS BY CHARLES HARPUR.
IX. THE EMIGRANT'S VISION.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 27 June 1846, page 1
News 463 wordsAs our Bark dashed away o'er the night-shrouded Deep, And out tow'rds the South I was gazing, O'er my soul first there gathered a dimness like sleep, Then the light of a Vision amazing: ... -
POEMS BY CHARLES HARPUR.
VII. THE ROSE TREE.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Wednesday 17 June 1846, page 1
News 232 wordsA matchless Rose Tree! From the shaded mould Banked tow'rds the garden wall, its bole twists up Massive and knarled in miniature, and whence, As it ascends, a hundred lesser stems ... -
POEMS BY CHARLES HARPUR.
V. THE COMING ON OF FREEDOM.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 13 June 1846, page 1
News 662 wordsThe Day must come,—for Freedom must keep pace With Knowledge,—when the accident of birth, Or emptier imposition of mere pelf, Shall neither arrogate to any Man ... -
POEMS BY CHARLES HARPUR.
III. STANZAS. "The gayest, happiest attitude of Things."
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Wednesday 10 June 1846, page 1
News 368 wordsThis World how bright! Or when its Day with sunny beams is boon, Or when its Night Is robed with stars, and crowned with the moon. ... -
OEMS BY CHARLES HARPUR.
XXVII. EARLY SUMMER.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 5 September 1846, page 4
News 253 wordsChasing cold Winter's dull sadness, Summer is come in her gladness [?] The sky how serene! and the hills how green! And look you, my beautiful Mary, ... -
POEMS BY CHARLES HARPUR.
XXIV. A LOVE PERPLEXITY.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Wednesday 26 August 1846, page 1
News 224 wordsIn vain, my Charmer, words I'd find To paint thy person and thy mind; For things so generous and fair Before united never were. ... -
POEMS BY CHARLES HARPUR.
XXIII. NED CONNOR. A TALE OF THE BUSH.
[ tagged as A Tale of the Bush Charles Harpur CONNOR Ned poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Wednesday 19 August 1846, page 1
News 1149 words'Twas Night—and where a wat'ry sound Came moaning up the Flat, Six rude and [?]ded Stockmen round Their blazing hut-fire sat, ... -
POEMS BY CHARLES HARPUR.
XXII. THE MASTER MARINER'S SONG. (OUTWARD BOUND.)
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Wednesday 12 August 1846, page 1
News 154 wordsAway—away She plunges With her white sails o'er her spread, Like the summer clouds that gather On some hill's piny head: ... -
POEMS BY CHARLES HARPUR.
XII. THE MAN GOD.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Wednesday 8 July 1846, page 4
News 145 wordsA Man of sorrows and with grief acquainted, He howed his beauteous head to the rude hands Of Pilate's hireling bunds; And while beneath their cruel scourge he fainted, ... -
POEMS BY CHARLES HARPUR.
VIII. THE LOSSES OF THE PAST.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Wednesday 24 June 1846, page 4
News 270 wordsThe World is emptied of the living gladness That dwelling round my Childhood, came o'er it In every many-murmurous fit Of the mere wind!—and ever in my sadness, ... -
POEMS BY CHARLES HARPUR.
XXVI. THE WORLD'S VICTIMS.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 29 August 1846, page 4
News 302 words"They tell me He in riot now, For whom I would have died, Hath sunk all memory of the vow I mode to he his Bride: ... -
POEMS BY CHARLES HARPUR.
XXXVI. STANZAS.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Wednesday 18 November 1846, page 4
News 258 wordsDear Henry, forbear to complain That my Muse so much singeth of Love, Since ever employed in like strain Are the fire-winged Seraphs above. ... -
POEMS BY CHARLES HARPUR.
XXXIII. DESPAIR.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Wednesday 28 October 1846, page 1
News 357 wordsTerrible is thy grandeur, O Despair! And great, though sad, thy privilege. For he Whose horrible Mate thou art, can dare to laugh At all the fortunate most dread. What thought ... -
POEMS BY CHARLES HARPUR.
XXXIX. BYRON.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Wednesday 6 January 1847, page 1
News 661 wordsA vast Imagination, and a free Fancy were his, but wanting subtlety Of Taste, his Verse, so vividly it glows, Lacks richness, and the beauty of repose: ... -
POEMS BY CHARLES HARPUR.
XXXI. BURNS.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Wednesday 30 September 1846, page 1
News 1138 wordsMy own wild Burns! these rude-wrought Rhymes of thine In golden worth are like the unshapely coin Of some new Realm, yet pure as from the mine; ... -
POEMS BY CHARLES HARPUR.
XXXVIII. LINES SUGGESTED BY THE APPEARANCE OF A COMET.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Wednesday 2 December 1846, page 1
News 346 wordsThy purpose, heavenly Stranger, who may know But He who linked thee to the starry Whole? We see thou journeyest,—and no more; for of The birth of Motion, save as the first step ... -
POEMS BY CHARLES HARPUR.
XXXII. TO AN ECHO ON THE BANKS OF THE HUNTER.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 17 October 1846Supplement: Supplement to Maitland Mercury, page 1
News 467 wordsI hear thee, Echo,—and I start to hear thee With a strange tremour, as among the hills Thy voice reverbs, and in swift murmurs near me Dies down the Stream, or with its gurgle low ... -
The Donkey[?]Driver's Dream.
[ tagged as poem ]
Northern Territory Times and Gazette (Darwin, NT : 1873-1927) Saturday 27 March 1920, page 7
News 288 wordsLast night I had the queerest dream About the donkeys in the team. They all came up and one by one They said this carting is no fun. ... -
ORIGINAL POETRY.
THE GRAVE OF THE YEAR.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 4 January 1845, page 4
News 327 wordsIn the spring time of summer, all blooming with life, While hope's gayest blossoms look smilingly forth, When the spirit of storms hath ceased from his strife, And the hoar frost lies bound round the ice of the north ... -
ORIGINAL POETRY.
THE WREATH.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 15 February 1845, page 4
News 180 wordsI have woven a wreath for thee, love, But not of the flowers of earth, Though lovely their blossoms be, love, As the spirit that gave them birth ... -
ORIGINAL POETRY.
LAY OF THE HUNTER.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 29 March 1845, page 4
News 223 wordsMy little cot stands at the foot of a hill, No splendid show adorns it, nor yet masonic skill; Beneath its humble roof I have lived many days, And will gladly spend the rest upon Hunter's banks and ... -
ORIGINAL POETRY.
BELSHAZZER'S FEAST. Daniel, 5th Chap.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 1 November 1845, page 1
News 320 wordsBelshazzer made a feast For a thousand of his lords: And the skilled musicians struck With their hands the sounding chords. ... -
Original Poetry.
THE FAIRY'S SONG.
[ tagged as Poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 19 June 1847, page 4
News 415 wordsHow happy, how happy, a Fairy's life, How full of joys divine, No envious thoughts my mind infest, No evil passions disturb my breast, ... -
Original Poetry.
WAR SONG OF THE[?]TURKS.
[ tagged as Poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Wednesday 26 April 1854, page 4
News 524 wordsAllah il Allah*—our God he is God— Just Allah look down from thy blissful abode— Revenge for thy childr[?]n who died for thy sake, Revenge on the false-hearted infidels take. ... -
Original Poetry.
IN MEMORIAM. Requiescat in pace.—Resurgam.
[ tagged as Poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Wednesday 12 July 1854, page 4
News 237 wordsNow the sun from heaven has fied, And the night is dark and chill, Autumn leaves are lying dead, Autumn winds are hushed and still ... -
Original Poetry.
A SONG FOR THE NEW YEAR.
[ tagged as Poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Wednesday 11 January 1854, page 4
News 557 wordsToll—toll the bell drearily, drearily, drearily, For the Old Year is gone and dead; Ring—ring the bell cheerily, cheerily cheerily, For the New Year is come instead. ... -
ORIGINAL POETRY.
MORETON BAY.
[ tagged as Poem ]
The Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1846-1861) Saturday 11 May 1850, page 3
News 180 wordsI'll tell thee of a spot where Nature sheds Her richest treasures with a lavish hand, Where, bright and soft, her verdant mantle spreads 'Neath pleasant bowers, by softest breezes fann'd. ... -
THE SONG OF TH MEOORISH MAID.
(FROM JOHN'S LEOEND AND [?]OMANCE.)
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Saturday 18 January 1840, page 4
News 171 wordsA Moonis[?] girl, in her silent bower, Watch'd for the sun, as a broken flower Looks for the glow of that beaming ray Which comes to heal, or [?]o haste d[?]cay. ... -
LINES,
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Thursday 30 January 1840, page 2
News 191 wordsWhat, what, is life? a pilgrimage of pain and woe Where weary mortals travel for a day, And then re[?]n to nothingness again; Sent for an hour, and hourly taken away; ... -
EVENING THOUGHTS.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Saturday 1 February 1840, page 2
News 236 wordsHow beautiful this starry night, these worlds of radiant chastened light[?] The deep tranquillity that reigns, This s[?]llness which no passion stains[?] ... -
For Valentine's Day.
[ tagged as God poem Valentine's Day ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Thursday 13 February 1840, page 2
News 182 wordsHAIL to be God who all nature inspires! Hoil to the youthful, the gallant, the gay! Bedeck all his alt[?]rs with corn, fruit's and flowers, And hymn forth his praise in a passionate lay. ... -
LAND A-HEADS!
(For Felix Farley's Bristol Journal.)
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Tuesday 25 February 1840, page 4
News 258 wordsLook out, look out[?] there is land a head, The soft waves rise from their purp e bed; The white clouds gather and thickly stand[?] Like mountains of snow o'er the dim blue land[?] ... -
Sunr[?]
[?] [?] [?] [?] [?] CROW[?]
[ tagged as God poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Saturday 29 February 1840, page 4
News 207 wordsExpect Expect the king of light[?] [?] [?] king of day— [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] Marshal him on his way. ... -
A PORTRAIT WITHOUT PAINT.
(From the Times, Sept. 16.)
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Saturday 21 March 1840, page 4
News 390 wordsPAINTER, paint me, if you can, Ireland a sturdy beggerman. You shall paint him as I tell ye— With a round and portly belly; ... -
THE SPORTSMAN'S REVEILLE.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Saturday 28 March 1840, page 4
News 265 words"Arouse ye then, my merry merry men, For it is our opening day." S[?] faintly breaks the dawn afar. Over the hills away; ... -
ORIGINAL POETRY.
[ tagged as poem Poetry ]
The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal (WA : 1833-1847) Saturday 29 July 1837, page 946
News 194 wordsThe following lines were written on hearing a Gentleman complain of the deficiency of the measure in a Lady's Poem:- WHAT! shall the Poet's heav'nly treasure ... -
Original Poetry.
PORT WINE.
[ tagged as Francis Fathom poem Poetry port wine (2) ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Saturday 28 March 1829, page 4
News 485 wordsIN times, when early Greece was young, The Tean grape,—Anacreon sung— And though the port's brilliant fame Has reached us with a classic name, ... -
Original Poetry.
SONNET.—SHELLEY.
[ tagged as poem Poetry Shelley sonnet ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 4 February 1854, page 4
News 119 wordsThine was A love-fraught mission, glorious bard, To raise the flag of Liberty unfurled, And [?]ave the way for truth throughout the world- Hatred and calumny thy sole reward— ... -
Original Poetry.
ON SEEING LORD BYRON'S WORKS BOUND IN ASS'S SKIN.
[ tagged as Byron poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Wednesday 4 October 1826, page 4
News 186 wordsSINCE Byson all poets in wildness surpasses, [?]is works have been bound (perhaps) in skins of wild asses, No disgrace to the Bard [?] that they thought it no sin, But the rudeness without suits the wildness within! ... -
A COMMONPLACE SONG.
[ tagged as Poem ]
The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864-1933) Tuesday 28 August 1894, page 5
News 372 wordsEbbs and flows the restless river In the city street Where the great nerve centres quiver, Where the pulses beat. ... -
JANUARY. 1916.
[ tagged as poem Zora Cross ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Saturday 15 January 1916, page 9
News 104 words[?] of another year bud on the hills: Hopes of another year sing in our hearts: Good luck, good cheer, and recompense for for [?]ls, Each new-born flower some wistful wish imparts. ... -
MY PICCANINNY.
BY HENRY KENDALL.
[ tagged as Henry Kendall poem ]
The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879-1954) Friday 16 July 1880, page 3
Detailed lists, results, guides 691 words -
FASHION NOTE.
A Berlin cable announces that four prisoners were recently beheaded by an executioner in evening dress and wearing a top hat.
[ tagged as C J Dennis poem ]
The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933-1954) Saturday 9 September 1933, page 18
News 197 wordsTF I'm ever executed— And quite easily I may— My dispatcher must be suited In sartorial array ... -
THE ROAD MENDERS
[ tagged as Mabel Forrest poem ]
The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933-1954) Saturday 9 September 1933, page 18
News 108 wordsTN the dead of night I hear them in the street below. Working in the shadows that the keen lights rake— ... -
Original Poetry. [FOR THE SYDNEY GAZETTE.]
AUSTRALIAN MELODIES. No. I.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Saturday 6 August 1831, page 4
News 156 words'T's sweet to hear the bell bird's pipe, Like sheep bells faintly tinkling— To see the cloud, o'er corn fields ripe, Its rain-drops gently sprinkling; ... -
AUSTRALIAN WAR SONG.
[ tagged as Henry Kendall poem ]
The Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of Politics and News (WA : 1848-1864) Friday 26 October 1860, page 3
News 299 wordsMen have said that y[?] were sleeping— Hurl—Australians—back the lie; Wh[?]t the swords you have in keeping, Forward stand to do or die. ... -
No title
[ tagged as cartoon editorial cartoon goebels hitler nude nude hitler padded cell poem satirical poem teapot on head ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Friday 19 January 1945, page 3
News ILLUSTRATED 6 wordsToday's Armstrong EXAMPLE TO THE NATION ... -
Original Poetry.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Tuesday 10 October 1848, page 4
News 210 wordsIMPROMPTU on reading in an Irish newspaper that nine hundred thousand Orangemen had presented a loyal address to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and offered at a few days notice to ... -
ORIGINAL POETRY.
HELP THE RIGHT.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Monday 12 May 1851, page 4
News 285 wordsTo those who spake in Freedom's cause! Those men of old, Who formed and set her deathless laws In Godlike mould! ... -
Original Poetry.
TO J[?] K[?].
[ tagged as poem ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Tuesday 8 January 1850, page 4
News 173 wordsO Jamie, [?]ad, ye should think shame, Your yet unsullied name to stain, By pilfering the works of others, To prove you are poetic brothers. ... -
POEMS BY CHARLES HARPUR.
XXI. A RESOLUTION.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 8 August 1846, page 1
News 147 wordsWhat shall prevent me, if I will that Homer, Virgil and Shakspeare; Spencer, Milton, Keates, Wordsworth and Shelley, do in death become My spiritual Kindred all? And what ... -
POEMS BY CHARLES HARPUR.
XIX. WAR.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 1 August 1846, page 1
News 390 wordsHe who in battle slays his fellow Man, Without first having duly weighed the cause Of quarrel, and derived the approval thence Of his own heart as to the part therein ... -
POEMS BY CHARLES HARPUR.
XVIII. THE HEAVENLY VOICE.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 25 July 1846, page 1
News 150 wordsThrough the discord and din of Error and Sin, And down through Time's dubious shadow, there falls A Voice as of one to another that calls; And I know it is Love's, by the words of the song- ... -
POEMS BY CHARLES HARPUR.
XX. ON THE DEATH OF AN INFANT RELATIVE.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Wednesday 5 August 1846, page 1
News 292 wordsAnd art thou gone—so early gone! dear Child? But yesterday, and thou amidst us grew Fresh as a breeze upon the mountains wild, Bright as a blossom bathed in morning dew: ... -
POEMS BY CHARLES HARPUR.
XVII. THE CAROUSE OF DESPAIR. (A LAY OF PASSION.)
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Wednesday 22 July 1846, page 1
News 801 wordsCome Alan, I will flood the bowl, And thou shalt sing that song of mine, Which dates the storm that wrecked my soul-Which fits me for the fiery wine! ... -
THE CROWNING CHARM OF NATURE.
(From the same.)
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Saturday 28 October 1843, page 4
News 131 wordsDelightful 'tis to mark the morning rise Over the eastern summits, like a bride Blushing with the fond secret of the pride She dares to feel in him whose love supplies ... -
ORIGINAL POETRY.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE. XIII.—THB POET'S BOOK.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Saturday 9 August 1851, page 4
News 349 wordsCould w[?] but read Nature right, And in her sermons take delight, We then should find a thousand things That help our weak imaginings; ... -
ORIGINAL POETRY.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE. BY DELTA. 1.—THE BUSH.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Tuesday 13 May 1851, page 4
News 902 wordsO what a change, a most dolightful change, From London's everlasting noise and smoke, This vast primeval forest doth presant, To him who loves communion sweet to hold, ... -
ORIGINAL POETRY.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE. BALLAD.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Monday 1 September 1851, page 4
News 168 wordsThat song [?]oth cause my tears to flow, My care worn heart to mourn; It calls to mind the days gone by, That never can return ... -
SWEET COTTAGE OF CLEAR STREAM.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Tuesday 2 June 1846, page 4
News 155 wordsI stood when twilight shades were flung, O'er mountain, tree, and tower, When clustering dews like pearls hung From every freshen'd flower. ... -
Select Poetry.
TO AN ECHO ON THE BANKS OF THE HUNTER.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Tuesday 6 February 1849, page 4
News 433 wordsI hear thee, Echo, and I start to bear thee, With a strange tremour; as among the hills Thy voice reverbs, and in swift murmurs near me ... -
SELECT POETRY.
TO AN ECHO ON THE BANKS OF [?] HUNTER. (From "The Bushrangers and other Poems[?]
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Thursday 5 May 1853, page 9
News 580 wordsI hear the[?] Ecke! and I start to hear the[?] With a strange tremer, as among the hills Thy voice reverbs and in swift murm[?]rs Dies down the stream, or with its gurgle ... -
ORIGINAL POETRY.
"GONE BUNG!"
[ tagged as poem ]
The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879-1954) Monday 17 September 1894, page 6
News 250 wordsThere's a capital expression Which—to make a slight digression— Had Australia for its birthplace, though it's in the Saxon tongue. ... -
IMPROMPTU ON A CHESS-BOARD.
[ tagged as Chess Poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Tuesday 7 February 1832, page 4
News 40 wordsLife, like this chess-board, is a chequer'd scene; Some men would play the game without a queen, But they (alas! how vain and empty-pated). For want of her assistance, are oft check-mated. ... -
Original Poetry.
To Written for an Album.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Saturday 31 July 1830, page 4
News 264 wordsOh! read these vorses with indulgent eyes, And since they're written for the book you prize, Let them presume a vacant page to find 'Midst the chaste wreath, cull'd by your tasteful ... -
SELECT POETRY.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE. Being leaves from Charles Harpur's Wild Bee of Australia. No. 3. THE WORLD'S VICTIMS.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur criticism poem ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Thursday 24 April 1851, page 4
News 1272 words" They tell me He in riot now, For whom I would have died, Hath sunk all memory of the vow I made to be his Bride: ... -
THE BEAUTIFUL.
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Wednesday 7 October 1857, page 7
News 236 wordsThere is no curve of sea or sky, No turn of hill-top far defined, Without some fitness for the eye, Some meaning for the mind. ... -
DO YOU KNOW YOU?
[ tagged as poem Zora Cross ]
Northern Territory Times (Darwin, NT : 1927-1932) Tuesday 22 July 1930, page 4
News 265 wordsDo you really know yourself or are you as much a mystery to yourself as you are to others? Borne lines by Zora Cross are very ... -
Orignal Poetry.
LINES Spontaneously produced, on perusal of the follow interesting notice in the "Era" of December 17, 1848.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Monday 18 June 1849, page 4
News 612 words"An affecting incident is related by a Donegal Paper. A few nights since, a young boy and his sister returning from Pettigo, homeward, bad to cross a mountain. The night was dark and ... -
ORIGINAL POETRY.
ON THE DECEASE OF A LATE NEWSPAPER.
[ tagged as newspaper poem ]
The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal (WA : 1833-1847) Saturday 9 September 1837, page 970
News 166 wordsThy death was sudden, tho' not unexpected, Yet thou hadst scarcely merged from infant's age; Thy latter days unpitied and neglected- ... -
ORIGINAL POETRY.
HINTS IN SEASON.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Wednesday 6 October 1852, page 6
News 439 wordsAlas! what sore discomfiture poor scribblers labor under, In every contribution the printer makes a blunder, Errata constantly appear; while editorial sagas ... -
Original Poetry.
SONG. "To any time you like."
[ tagged as poem ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Monday 9 July 1849, page 4
News 201 wordsAll the times now are chang'd, All men's minds are derang'd, They're turning hunters of gold. 'Tis too bad, Some leaving a station, ... -
Select Poetry.
WENTWORTH. (FROM AN UNPUBLISHED SATIRE BY CHARLES HARPUR.)
[ tagged as Charles Harpur poem ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Monday 10 September 1849, page 4
News 272 wordsFirst come the Magnates—[?]o, their leader—he The would be Tell of the Fraternity. His state is that so infamously and, When talent has through selfishness run mad, ... -
"FOR SOMEONE'S SAKE."
[ tagged as Grace Jennings Carmichael poem ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Saturday 8 May 1926, page 8
News 470 wordsAt the request of a correspondent we reproduce the poem entitled 'For Someone's Sake," written by the late Jennings Carmichael, once a nurse at the hospital, ... -
Original Poetry.
TO CONTENT.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Tuesday 5 April 1831, page 4
News 270 wordsContent I thy throne as was thy birth, Is in supernal realms; of earth No denizen art thou; Then, much as I may wish thee mine, ... -
LINES WRITTEN ON HEARING A FRIEND EXPRESSING REGRET THAT TIME WAS PASSING so RAPIDLY AWAY.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Friday 12 June 1846, page 4
News 251 wordsWHY murmur thus that time so fleet, Speeds on its noiseless, ceaseless way? Or why that sigh of deep regret, That marks the close of [?]lick'ring day. ... -
SONG.—JOHN THAMSON'S WIFE.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Friday 12 June 1846, page 4
News 211 wordsHeard ye e'er o' John Thamson the souter, Heard ye e'er o' John Thamson's wife; The doited wee body's [?]yecraiken about her Ne'er was a wife like John Thomson's wife. ... -
SONG—THE DAYS WHEN I WAS YOUNG.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Friday 26 June 1846, page 4
News 201 wordsOh! I remember pleasantly the days when I was young. The warbling birds on every spray their wild notes gaily sung; ... -
A SONG OF OFFICIAL AFFECTION.
(From, the Sydney Morning Herald.) AIR—THE COLONIAL, SECRETARY.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Friday 26 June 1846, page 4
News 512 wordsI could not calmly sit, and list, Thy faults shown up by tongues profane; I could not bear the scornful jest At fertile follies of thy brain; ... -
An Unpublished Daley Poem.
[ tagged as poem Victor Daley ]
The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933-1954) Saturday 4 November 1933, page 18
News 188 wordsTHE appended poem by Victor Daley is a prized manuscript in a Brisbane collection. It was written as an advt. for a pill manufacturer, but was ... -
EVENING.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Friday 3 July 1846, page 4
News 188 wordsTis evening, and the sombre shades O'er hills and valleys spread; And warblers of the woods and glades, Have to their covert fled. ... -
LINES
WRITTEN UPON A PAIR OF BIBLES PRESENTED BY A MOTHER TO HER ONLY SON.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Tuesday 7 July 1846, page 4
News 82 wordsSearch you for happiness—come seek it here, Where pleasure flows unmingled with a tear; Free from the tincture of earth's base alloy, Here is the spring of every lasting joy. ... -
THE LAY OF LAZARUS.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Tuesday 18 August 1846, page 4
News 897 words[The Times gives expression to its feeling respecting Mr. O'Connell's exaction of the "rent" from his countrymen this year, in the following bitter strains:— ... -
MY LIFE.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Friday 21 August 1846, page 4
News 189 wordsMY life is like the summer sun That opens to the morning sky, But ere the shades of evening close Is scatter'd on the ground to die; ... -
ADVICE TO A YOUNG LAWYER.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Tuesday 25 August 1846, page 4
News 264 wordsWhene'er you speak, remember every cause Stands not on eloquence, but stands on laws— Pregnant in matter, in expression brief, Let every sentence stand with bold relief. ... -
GEORGE ESSEX EVANS.
[ tagged as George Essex Evans poem ]
The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860-1954) Saturday 20 November 1909, page 3
News 165 wordsSinger or pearl-pur[?] songs, Beneath thy sunlit skies; Gone from the wrecks and tile wrongs And loosed from the tolls and the ties. ... -
ALL IS VANITY.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Tuesday 1 September 1846, page 4
News 176 wordsMark beauty like a soft sweet flower And manhood like an oak, The ligh'tning's power will blast the bower, And shiver even the rock. ... -
THE BATTLE OF THE SUTLEJ.
(From the Sydney Morning Herald.)
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Friday 4 September 1846, page 4
News 547 wordsThe archangel's trump, not glory's, must awake Those whom they seek for. Though the sound of fame May for A moment soothe, it cannot slake The fever of vain longing.—CHILDS HERALD. ... -
IRELAND'S DISTRESS.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Tuesday 8 September 1846, page 4
News 557 wordsHUSH! hush! my children, dry those tears; Where living's dying death is gain. O God! I would conceal my fears— Be hush'd! your father feels no pain. ... -
THE DRUNKARD'S ADDRESS TO HIS BOTTLE.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Tuesday 8 September 1846, page 4
News 289 wordsYou old Brandy Bottle, I've loved you too long, You have been a bad messmate to me; When I met with you first, I was healthy and strong, ... -
TO MY AULD PIPE.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Friday 11 September 1846, page 4
News 219 wordsThou wee, black, oily bit o'clay, Thou'st been my comfort mony a day; And mony an hour has slipt away Wi' thou i' my cheek, ... -
THE RETURNING EXILE.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Friday 11 September 1846, page 4
News 165 wordsMy native land! soon shall I see Again—dear Scotia's hills, and thee! But fate's dark clouds have o'er me cast Deep shadows since I saw thee last. ... -
LINES WRITTEN IN THE MELBOURNE CEMETERY.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Tuesday 15 September 1846, page 4
News 1009 wordsSee driv'n by foster'd against from my bed,— While all beside lie wrapp'd in healthful sleep, Sadly I walk this village of the dead. And hope, e'er long, to swell the mould'ring ... -
2nd Samuel, 10th chapter, 37th verse.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Friday 18 September 1846, page 4
News 181 wordsI have wander'd in life a weary way, And my pilgrimage is ending; The fading light of my closing day With the light of heav'n is blending. ... -
HOPE.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Tuesday 22 September 1846, page 4
News 191 wordsBi[?] of hope, by angels fed, Sportive, tim'rous, flutt'ring thing, Drops of myrrh my fingers shed, While I long to smooth thy wing. ... -
THE MIGNIONETTE.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Tuesday 29 September 1846, page 4
News 346 wordsThou modest, sweetest little Flower, Least obtrusive of the flow'ry race; Humblest that adorus the bower, The greatest favorite in the vase. ... -
THE MTGNIONETTE AND DOGROSE.
[ tagged as J M Holloway poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Friday 2 October 1846, page 4
News 472 wordsMignionette—Turn, proud usurper, born to die, Turn and behold my humble mein; You raise your worthless head on ... -
[?]LINES
WRITTEN ON THE EVENING OF THE 31ST DECEMBER, 1846.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Friday 9 October 1846, page 4
News 282 wordsTOLL gently the knell of the parting year, Silently drop the trembling tear, It is passing away. The sun is wearing the western gate, ... -
Original Poetry.
[ tagged as J M Holloway poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Tuesday 13 October 1846, page 4
News 378 wordsU—Until folly supreme manufactured a Queen, [?] Cats and dogs, tho' unskill'd, were permitted to sing; [?] And on Wednesdays and Sundays they met ... -
To the Editor of the Melbourne Argus.
[ tagged as J M Holloway poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Friday 25 September 1846, page 4
News 793 wordsSIR,—I hope you will favor me with an early insertion of the following sublime lines, dedicated to "Une Femme." In an age when improvements engross the ... -
MIDNIGHT LAMENTATION OF HEKI'S WIFE.
[ tagged as J M Holloway poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Friday 10 July 1846, page 4
News 1293 wordsWRITTEN ON READING, IN THE MELBOURNE ARGUS OF TUESDAY, 30TH JUNE, AN ACCOUNT OF A VISIT TO THE NEW ZEALAND CHIEFS, HEKI AND KAWITI. ... -
To the Editor of the Melbourne Argus.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Tuesday 24 November 1846, page 4
News 863 wordsSIR—It is hoped that the following ably-written Poem will find a place in your valuable journal, and will prove useful to at least one who has not yet ... -
SONG.—THOU ART MINE.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Friday 27 November 1846, page 4
News 175 wordsThou art mine, thou art mine, And with joy I embrace thee; And here, in my bosom, My own love, I place thee. ... -
THE VILLAGE SABBATH.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Friday 4 December 1846, page 4
News 408 wordsTHE aulk kirk bell was blythely ringing On Sabbath's silent morn; The laverock her sang was singing, Up frae amang the corn; ... -
EARLY RECOLLECTIONS.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Friday 11 December 1846, page 4
News 188 wordsWill they return; the happy days I spent on........s sunny braes, Can they return—those youthful years, Unmix'd with care, unfraught with fears. ... -
THE LAND OF THE THISTLE.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Friday 25 December 1846, page 4
News 296 wordsThough bright be the lands of the rose and the shamrock, Though green be the verdure of Erin's fair Isle, Yet never—oh never—their beauty can vie ... -
THE YOUNG QUEEN.
[ tagged as poem Rudyard Kipling ]
The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889-1931) Tuesday 1 January 1901, page 8
News 500 wordsHer hand was still on her swordhift, the [?] was still on her heel[?] She had not cast her harness of grey war-dinted steel; ... -
THE DOMINION OF AUSTRALIA.
(A FORECAST.) 1877.
[ tagged as Brunton Stephens poem ]
The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889-1931) Tuesday 1 January 1901, page 8
News 368 wordsShe is not yet; but he wh[?] [?]ar Thrill[?] to that finer atmosphere When foutfalls of appointed things[?] Reverberant of days to be[?] ... -
ODE FOR COMMONWEALTH DAY.
[ tagged as George Essex Evans poem ]
The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889-1931) Tuesday 1 January 1901, page 9
News 448 wordsAwake! Awake! the wings of dawn Are beating at the Gates of Day! The morning star has been withdrawn The silver [?]apors melt away! ... -
AN AUSTRALIAN ANTHEM.
[ tagged as J Brunton Stephens poem ]
The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889-1931) Tuesday 1 January 1901, page 9
News 171 wordsMaker of earth and sea. What shall [?] render Thee? All things are thine[?] Ours but from day to day[?] ... -
A SONG OF THE OENTURY.
(By B[?]est Favenc, in the Sydney "Evening [?]") AUSTRALIA SPEAKS.
[ tagged as Ernest Favenc poem ]
The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889-1931) Tuesday 1 January 1901, page 9
News 74 wordsHit[?]er my children and [?] For [?] century pa[?] [?]st. H[?] have you [?] the work I gave To [?] in the years long past? ... -
NEW SOUTH [?]
[ tagged as poem ]
The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889-1931) Tuesday 1 January 1901, page 9
News 80 wordsI am [?]hy [?] O mother! Hard was the [?] gave. F[?]il and [?] and [?] To [?] from the [?] of the wave. ... -
WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889-1931) Tuesday 1 January 1901, page 9
News 76 words[?] O [?] Poor was thy [?] me. [?] Swept by a [?] sea, ... -
A SONG OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889-1931) Tuesday 1 January 1901, page 11
News 296 wordsA feature of the State procession on Commonwealth Day will be the singing of a patriotic song outside the north end of St. Mary's Cathedral by the children of the ... -
Original Poetry.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Tuesday 26 January 1847, page 2
News 291 wordsAUSTRALIA, though far from thy shore lies the Island, Which gave me my birth and consigned me to thee; ... -
AUSTRALIA.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Tuesday 16 February 1847, page 4
News 851 wordsCome forth, Australia [?]—surely now 'tis time, When Poets sing of other lands so fair, To link thy sounding name into my rhyme, And chaunt thy praises and thy beauties rare, ... -
THE SUBMISSION OF AN ORANGEMAN
AIR—"Boyne Water."
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Tuesday 20 April 1847, page 4
News 260 wordsWe've furled the banner that waved so long Its sunny folds around us; We've still'd the voice of our ancient song And burst the tie that bound us, ... -
THE LAST GLASS OF GROG.
A PARODY ON THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Friday 28 May 1847, page 4
News 124 words'Tis the last glass of grog that stands sparkling alone, All its potent companions are swallowed and gone, ... -
DOMESTIC POETRY.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Monday 15 March 1852, page 3
News 101 wordsI,m thinking, Charles, 'tis just a year, Or will be, very soon, Since first you told me of your love, One glorions day in June. ... -
ORIGINAL POETRY.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Tuesday 1 July 1851, page 4
News 389 wordsI send you the copy of a few verses of poetry, the MSS of which was found on the person of Owen Suffolk, the celebrated mail r[?]bber, they are in his handwriting and may be read with ... -
ORIGINAL POETRY.
LINES I.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Monday 20 January 1851, page 4
News 222 wordsWe are upon the sea, Aud no pleasant land is near, Ten thousand miles from home And from all that home holds dear. ... -
ORIGINAL POETRY.
A POET'S REVERIE.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Tuesday 7 January 1851, page 4
News 186 wordsNOR human voice, nor earthly breath, Awoke the midnight silence roun[?]; All lovely as the calm of death, So placid, motionless, profound. ... -
Original Poetry.
THE PRESS SHALL BE FREE[?]
[ tagged as poem ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Tuesday 1 May 1849, page 4
News 162 wordsYou may talk of your glorious freedom, Your laws, and your charters of Right; But where are they now when we need'em, Alas! have they all ta'en to flight? ... -
POETRY.
[ tagged as poem Poetry Tasmanian poetry ]
Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen’s Land Advertiser (Tas. : 1821-1825) Friday 17 June 1825, page 3
News 188 wordsThe splendor of morning illumined the sky, And yon mountain* had caught the bright ray, Fill'd with rapture and love, & with heart-beating high, ... -
MEN OF AUSTRALIA.
[ tagged as Edward Dyson poem ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Wednesday 1 June 1898, page 5
News 498 wordsMen of all the lands Australian from the Gulf to Derwent River. From the Heads of Sydney Harbour to the waters of tho West. ... -
THE RESCUE.
[ tagged as Edward Dyson poem ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Saturday 10 February 1894, page 4
News 968 wordsThere's a sudden, fierce clang of the knocker, then the sound of a voice in the shaft. Shricking words that drum hard on the centers, and the braceman goes suddenly daft: ... -
THE EXILE'S RETURN.
A SONG.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Tuesday 6 July 1847, page 4
News 75 wordsO'er my senses sweet emotions Gentle, pleasing passions steal, I've wander'd far o'er boundless oceans, Home inspires the joys I feel. ... -
THE EXILE.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Tuesday 6 July 1847, page 4
News 56 wordsPoor wand'ring exile, thon art doom'd to part With all those ties which cling around the heart, The friends of youth when all thy thoughts wera young, ... -
THE EXILE'S LAMENT.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Tuesday 6 July 1847, page 4
News 104 wordsDestracted, unpitied, unknown, In anguish that seeks not relief— I muse broken-hearted alone And frantic I laugh at my grief. ... -
THE MAIDEN.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Friday 6 August 1847, page 4
News 304 wordsI've found, at last, this maiden rare, And with "Auld Reekie," I declare That she's the fairest of the fair, And I will have her. ... -
Original Poetry.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Tuesday 10 August 1847, page 4
News 222 words"For in a young Colony men are usually stripped to the buff of their real merits, and are valued in exact proportion to their ability, energy, and integrity; nor do the accidents of bi[?]th, the prestige of a high name, ... -
THE FAMINE.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Friday 20 August 1847, page 4
News 351 wordsLet us to yon cabin go, Let us watch the suff"ring there— See the forms of human woe, And the deep-felt anguish share. ... -
THE WILD ROSE.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Friday 27 August 1847, page 4
News 215 wordsOn—'s sweet and sunny braes Where nature in perfection shone, I sat and mused on happier days, Oh joy and bliss—for ever gone. ... -
"LET THERE BE LIGHT."
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Tuesday 14 September 1847, page 4
News 232 wordsWhen darkness on Creation lay, Wrapt in the gloom of awful night, Ere yet was usher'd forth the day, God said "Let there be light." ... -
THE CABBAGE WAR.
(From the Moreton Bay Courier.)
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Tuesday 21 September 1847, page 4
News 285 wordsWithin the " settled" districts a voice was heard of wailing, For all the squatting interest the scurvy was assailing; ... -
THE TIPSY LOVER
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Tuesday 2 November 1847, page 4
News 165 wordsMy darling Jane Tis all in vain, I try to cease from thinking Of thee alone— ... -
AN IMITATION OF AULD REEKIE.
THE SOBER LOVER.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Friday 5 November 1847, page 4
News 224 wordsMy darling Jane I loved my drain, And when I could I took it; And from a gill ... -
BATTLE OF THE GREEKS:
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Tuesday 9 November 1847, page 4
News 181 wordsLike huge rams among a flock, When encamp'd upon a plain, Agamemnon and O'Quirk Strode among their motley train ... -
THE SPEECH.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Friday 12 November 1847, page 2
News 199 wordsAll were attentive to the godlike man, When from his cushion'd chair he thus began: What words can render obligations due, To you, my brave supporters, staunch and ... -
SONG.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Friday 3 December 1847, page 4
News 111 wordsWreathe, wreathe your flowers, Youth and beauty will not stay, The joyous time of youth's gay hours Glides rapidly away. ... -
PETER SIMSON'S FARM.
[ tagged as Edward Dyson poem ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Saturday 22 February 1896, page 4
News 803 wordsSimson settled in the thnber when his arm was strong and turn. And his form was straight and linber, and he wrought the long day through. ... -
JOHN CURTIN
[ tagged as John Curtin Mary Gilmore poem ]
The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Saturday 7 July 1945, page 2
News 29 wordsWhat though we sent him forth With pomp and proud device, Met for his epitaph Three words suffice: ... -
"FANCY DRESS, AND OTHER VERSES."
[ tagged as Dorothea Mackellar poem ]
The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954) Thursday 20 January 1927, page 13
News 162 wordsA collection of lyrical verse, which originally appeared in various Australian newspapers. Miss.Mackellar has an appreciation of the landscape of ... -
THE BUSH BRIGADE.
[ tagged as Henry Lawson poem ]
The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879-1954) Saturday 20 January 1900, page 9
News 354 words(BY HENRY LAWSON, IN THE "AUSTRALIAN STAR.") Podgy politician—legal gentleman, Biding past in Pitt-street, like a bag of ... -
THE "JUNO"
(From the Portland Guardian.)
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Tuesday 28 December 1847, page 2
News 381 words"Oh! 'twas a fatal and perfidious barque." Evening had put the flowers to rest in this sweet garden of the West, And over many a Settler, head ... -
Original Poetry.
THE MIGHT-HAVE-BEEN.
[ tagged as poem ]
Northern Territory Times and Gazette (Darwin, NT : 1873-1927) Thursday 26 November 1914, page 14
News 301 wordsHe dreams each night of a vanished face, The touch of an unclasped hand, But he wakes each morn to a day of ... -
WHY MOURN THE PAST.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Tuesday 15 February 1848, page 4
News 149 wordsWhy mourn the past, when time hath cast O'er it his deepening shade? Why pierce the gloom that shrouds the tomb Of hopes that long have fled? ... -
ORIGINAL.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Friday 18 February 1848, page 4
News 352 wordsBY THE LATE T. B. H., Esq., FROM THE MAURITIUS, TO THE BROTHER IN ENGLAND. YOUR example I'll follow, dear shap, if I can, But at rhyming, I fear me, I am not the man, ... -
VICE versus VIRTUE.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Friday 24 March 1848, page 4
News 391 wordsListen Phillipians! listen to my tale, Hear the sad grievances that do prevail; And while you bear them, feel them as you ought, Redress will then, no doubt be quickly sought ... -
THE RAKE'S DECISION.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Tuesday 28 March 1848, page 4
News 227 wordsFarewell to lovely virtue, Farewell to all that's good, Since vice, they say don't hurt you, And shall not if it would; ... -
Original Poetry.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Tuesday 4 April 1848, page 4
News 239 words"We spend our years as a tale that is told."— PSALM XG When the Autumn of our life Brings the leaf into the sere, ... -
THE AUSTRALIAN GUITAR.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846-1848) Tuesday 27 June 1848, page 4
News 216 wordsWhile Albion's poets sweetly sing, And breathe the soul inspiring ode, From the fair land where freedom dwells And commerce finds a safe abode; ... -
Select Poetry.
THE BARD.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Tuesday 3 August 1830, page 4
News 182 words[?] ad wander'd wide in his minstrel pride, When Spring was upon his breast; And his way was afar o'er turf and tide, For he sought a minstrel's rest! ... -
LOVE BY ARITHMETIC.
[FROM THE LADY'S MAGAZINE.]
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Tuesday 3 August 1830, page 4
News 193 wordsDEAR Laura, when the cynic crew. Who never loved like me and you, Shall call us cupid's fools; By all that's wise, we'll guard our fame ... -
Select Poetry.
POETS.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Tuesday 3 April 1849, page 4
News 192 wordsPoets are a joyous race, O'er the laughing earth they go, Shedding charms o'er many a place Nature never favoured so. ... -
Original Poetry.
IMPROMPTU LINES ADDRESSED TO A FRIEND[?] ON HIS[?]ASKING THE AUTHOR FOR "A VERSE." (For the Sydney Gazette.)
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Saturday 31 March 1832, page 4
News 209 wordsYou sue for a rhyme—what you ask [?]Twere ungrateful for me to deny; For easy and simple's the task, And true friendship I ne'er can deny[?] ... -
SELECT POETRY.
(From the Union Monthly Magazine.) PATENT ODE TO MR. PERRY, WRITTEN WITH ONE OF HIS PATENT PENS.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831-1842) Thursday 21 June 1832, page 4
News 552 wordsWhy should Bob Warren all the muse engross, And blacking give us every day a dose Of rhyme so run, albeit without spirit; While ne'er a bard, nor big nor small,—not one, ... -
Select Poetry.
A POETS EP[?]TAPH.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Wednesday 3 April 1850, page 4
News 176 wordsEbenezer Elliot once summed up his own [?]har[?]cter, as be wished it to be rend by posterity, in a few lines, and we cannot do better than transcribe them:— ... -
ORIGINAL POETRY.
THE ANGEL'S VISIT.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Wednesday 4 December 1850, page 4
News 1038 wordsCreation slept, and through the rea[?]s of space, Inclining netherwards in rapid flight, Swept streaming one of that [?]therial [?], Whose un[?]ted form from human sight ... -
Select Poetry.
ORANGE SONG.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Tuesday 10 October 1848, page 4
News 240 wordsCome cheer up my lads 'tis to glory we steer, For true Orange hearts are still strangers to fear; Our bosoms with honour and loyalty glow, And fearless we'll march to encounter the foe. ... -
Original Poetry.
THE GHAIST. A TRUE STORY.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Friday 20 October 1848, page 4
News 1713 wordsThere's mony a lang learn'd dissertation Been written out in explanation, By' ane or twa lang-headed chiels To prove that goblins, ghaists an' deils ... -
Original Poetry.
SONG. MANY A[?] OUR WORDLY CARES.
[ tagged as poem ]
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Tuesday 24 October 1848, page 4
News 146 wordsMang a' our warldly cares, An' they're no very few; An' we a' [?]ae our shares O' the auld an' the new, ...
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