The Giraffe took the horse's head and led him along on the most level parts of the road towards the railway station, and two or three chaps went along to help get the sick man into the train. — Henry Lawson Copy Share Image
It is a matter of public shame that while we have now commemorated our hundredth anniversary, not one in every ten children attending Public… — Henry Lawson Copy Share Image
“Do you think now and then, now or then, in the whirl Of the city, while London is new, Of the hut in the… — Henry Lawson Copy Share Image
On the same line of reasoning, if Australians were to be Australians, or rather if Australians were as separate from any other nation as… — Henry Lawson Copy Share Image
We shall never be understood or respected by the English until we carry our individuality to extremes, and by asserting our independence, become of… — Henry Lawson Copy Share Image
It is the same with revolution; so long as the proper spirit is spreading amongst our young men, we are satisfied that it spreads… — Henry Lawson Copy Share Image
The old shepherd had died, or got drunk, or got rats, or got the sack, or a legacy, or got sane, or chucked it,… — Henry Lawson Copy Share Image
“Ah! The world is a new and a wide one to you, But the world to your sweetheart is shut, For a change never… — Henry Lawson Copy Share Image
“We fight it down, and we live it down, or we bear it bravely well, But the best men die of a broken heart… — Henry Lawson Copy Share Image
Oh, my ways are strange ways and new ways and old ways, And deep ways and steep ways and high ways and low, I'm… — Henry Lawson Copy Share Image
Who says Australia offers not a home for every poor Englishman, or any other countryman that finds his way to our shores? And what… — Henry Lawson Copy Share Image
“The fields are fair in autumn yet, and the sun's still shining there, but we bow our heads and we brood and fret, because… — Henry Lawson Copy Share Image
It is quite time that our children were taught a little more about their country, for shame's sake. — Henry Lawson Copy Share Image
