Poems

If I Were Old If I were old, a broken man and blind, and one should lead me to Mid-Eildon’s crest, and leave me there a […]

My Hat! The hats of a man may be many In the course of a varied career, And some have been worth not a penny And […]

Once we went Gaily Once we went gaily with never a care, And the bigger the fences, the bolder we were; Once the wild wind was […]

Our Heritage This is our heritage; the far-flung grass, The golden stubble and the dark-red moor; Men pass and perish as the swift years pass, But […]

Our Pilots You that run the reddened ditch among the drifted leaves May set the pace to conquerors and guide the sons of kings! You that […]

Queensland Opal Opal, little opal, with the red fire glancing, Set my blood a-spinning, set my pulse a-stir, Strike the harp of memory, set my dull […]

Riderless A broken bridle trailing, A saddle scratched and scarred – And Brown Bee at the railing That rings the station yard; No stockman sits astride […]

Running On! The dusk is down on the river meadows, The moon is climbing above the fir, The lane is crowded with creeping shadows, The gorse […]

Skyline Tommy He loves all games that good men play- And plays them clean and straight- But most the chase of foxes With all its turns […]

The Artist He stands at no easel, he mixes no paint, He colours no canvas to gladden the eye, Yet the picture he makes will not […]