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y separately published work icon In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent Henry Lawson http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/lawson-henry
Issue Details: First known date: 1896... 1896 In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,: London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,:Angus and Robertson Australian Book Company , 1900 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
In the Days When the World was Widei"The world is narrow and ways are short, and our lives are dull and slow,", Henry Lawson , single work poetry (p. 21-25)
Faces in the Streeti"They lie, the men who tell us, for reasons of their own,", Henry Lawson , single work poetry (p. 26-32)
The Roaring Daysi"The night too quickly passes,", Henry Lawson , single work poetry (p. 33-36)
'For'ard'i"It is stuffy in the steerage where the second-classers sleep,", Henry Lawson , single work poetry (p. 37-43)
The Drover's Sweethearti"An hour before the sun goes down", Henry Lawson , single work poetry (p. 44-46)
Out Backi"The old year went, and the new returned, in the withering weeks of drought,", Henry Lawson , single work poetry (p. 47-50)
The Free-Selector's Daughter : A Song of 'Sunny Lachlan Side'i"I met her on the Lachlan Side-", Henry Lawson , single work poetry humour (p. 51-52)
'Sez You'i"When the heavy sand is yielding backward from your blistered feet,", Henry Lawson , single work poetry (p. 53-56)
Andy's Gone with Cattlei"Our Andy's gone with cattle now-", Henry Lawson , single work poetry (p. 57-58)
Jack Dunn of Nevertirei"IT chanced upon the very day we'd got the shearing done,", Henry Lawson , single work poetry (p. 59-64)
Trooper Campbelli"ONE day old Trooper Campbell", Henry Lawson , single work poetry (p. 65-71)
The Sliprails and the Spuri"The colours of the setting sun", Henry Lawson , single work poetry (p. 72-73)
Past Carin'i"Now up and down the siding brown,", Henry Lawson , single work poetry (p. 74-76)
The Glass on the Bari"Three bushmen one morning rode up to an inn,", Henry Lawson , single work poetry (p. 77-78)
The Shanty On the Risei"When the caravans of wool-teams climbed the ranges from the West,", Henry Lawson , single work poetry humour (p. 79-84)
The Vagabondi"White handkerchiefs wave from the short black pier", Henry Lawson , single work poetry (p. 85-89)
"Sweeney" : A Sketch "Out-Back"i"It was somewhere in September, and the sun was going down,", Henry Lawson , single work poetry (p. 90-96)
Middleton's Rouseabouti"Tall and freckled and sandy,", Henry Lawson , single work poetry satire humour (p. 97-98)
The Ballad of the Droveri"Across the stony ridges, across the rolling plain,", Henry Lawson , single work poetry (p. 99-102)
Taking His Chancei"They stood by the door of the Inn on the Rise;", Henry Lawson , single work poetry (p. 103-105)
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