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| 2101. | Pickle Belt by Theodore Roethke | | The fruit rolled by all day.
They prayed the cogs would creep;
They thought about Saturday pay,
And Sunday sleep.
Whatever he smelled was good:
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| 2102. | Epidermal Macabre by Theodore Roethke | | Indelicate is he who loathes
The aspect of his fleshy clothes, --
The flying fabric stitched on bone,
The vesture of the skeleton,
The garment nei... |
| 2103. | Old Pardon, the Son of Reprieve by Andrew Barton Paterson | | You never heard tell of the story?
Well, now, I can hardly believe!
Never heard of the honour and glory
Of Pardon, the son of Reprieve?
But ma... |
| 2104. | A Song of the Pen by Andrew Barton Paterson | | Not for the love of women toil we, we of the craft,
Not for the people's praise;
Only because our goddess made us her own and laughed,
Claiming ... |
| 2105. | Opening of the Railway Line by Andrew Barton Paterson | | The opening of the railway line...
The Governor and all,
With flags and banners down the street,
A banquet and a ball,
Hark to them at the sta... |
| 2106. | The Rum Parade by Andrew Barton Paterson | | Now ye gallant Sydney boys, who have left your household joys
To march across the sea in search of glory,
I am very much afraid that you do not lo... |
| 2108. | The Pearl Diver by Andrew Barton Paterson | | Kanzo Makame, the diver, sturdy and small Japanee,
Seeker of pearls and of pearl-shell down in the depths of the sea,
Trudged o'er the bed of the ... |
| 2109. | Conroy's Gap by Andrew Barton Paterson | | This was the way of it, don't you know --
Ryan was "wanted" for stealing sheep,
And never a trooper, high or low,
Could find him -- catch a weas... |
| 2110. | Fed Up by Andrew Barton Paterson | | I ain't a timid man at all, I'm just as brave as most,
I'll take my chance in open fight and die beside my post;
But riding round the 'ole day lon... |
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