In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses by Henry Lawson
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Taking His Chance
They stood by the door of the Inn on the Rise; [June -- 1892] When the `Army' Prays for Watty When the kindly hours of darkness, save for light of moon and star, [May -- 1893] The Wreck of the `Derry Castle' Day of ending for beginnings! [Dec. -- 1887] Ben Duggan Jack Denver died on Talbragar when Christmas Eve began, [Dec. -- 1891] The Star of Australasia We boast no more of our bloodless flag, that rose from a nation's slime; The Great Grey Plain Out West, where the stars are brightest, [Sept. -- 1893] The Song of Old Joe Swallow When I was up the country in the rough and early days, [May -- 1890] Corny Bill His old clay pipe stuck in his mouth, [May -- 1892] |
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