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Epigraph: Brevity is the soul of wit. - Shakespeare.
Moral :
Never wrong a man by word or deed, for then
He'll bide his time, and pay you back again.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Henry Ffrench Gillman
, 1899 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Queenquean Justice a By-Wordi""Queenquean justice," ia a by-word for bias, fraud, and wrong, and guile,", single work poetry satire (p. 9-10)
- The Death of Blazeri"Oh! once I had a trusty steed, no Arab loved his better -", single work poetry (p. 11-12)
- The Murder Trapi""The trap will work," quoth Kitchen-cur, "when me he will attack,", single work poetry (p. 12-13)
- On Nil Desperandumi"Hail Australia! freedom's home! there's room for you and me,", single work poetry (p. 13)
- The Gate Wari"Killem-Killie station was once a pleasant place to dwell,", single work poetry (p. 28-31)
- The Squatter's Versioni"He wore a pistol in his belt when at Jarwa gate I planted,", single work poetry (p. 31-32)
- Killem-Killie Teai"Now Bacchus damns it in his sleeve this Killem-Killie tea;", single work poetry satire (p. 32-33)
- A Ride to Killem-Killiei"Now Dimmy Daine, come rouse ye up! and saddle up old Blazer,", single work poetry (p. 35)
- On a Squatteri"The Devil took some coals in hand, and made a roaring fire;", single work poetry satire (p. 44)
- Bush Gossipi"I've never met such abject crowd as those who dwell in hinterland,", single work poetry (p. 47-50)
- Federationi"Federation is but an imposition to coin new billets", single work poetry (p. 52)
- Cursory Remarksi"'Tho' I speak against the squatter, some are honest, good and true,", single work poetry satire (p. 55-58)
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