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Off the Blue Bush

Off the Blue Bush

by J. P. Bourke

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Author
Bourke, J. P. (John Philip), 1860-1914
Title
Off the Bluebush : Verses for Australians West and East
Original Publication
Australia: Tyrrell's Limited, 1915.
Credits
David Wilson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
Australian poetry
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 70030
Release Date
February 12, 2023
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.9 ] OFF THE BLUEBUSH
  2. 2.11 ] ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
  3. 3.12 ] CONTENTS :
  4. 4.17 ] JOHN PHILIP BOURKE.
  5. 5.29 ] THE VERSEMAKERS.
  6. 6.31 ] DREAMS.
  7. 7.33 ] TILL DAY IS DONE.
  8. 8.36 ] TO YOU.
  9. 9.37 ] THE GOSPEL OF SHIRK.
  10. 10.39 ] UNDER THE HEEL OF FATE.
  11. 11.41 ] DREAMING THE DREAM OF LIFE.
  12. 12.43 ] A GLIMPSE OF SUMMER.
  13. 13.45 ] THE END OF THE EPISODE.
  14. 14.46 ] THE GOLDEN AGE.
  15. 15.48 ] AT PARTING.
  16. 16.49 ] THE LEADEN HOOF.
  17. 17.51 ] THE PILGRIMAGE.
  18. 18.55 ] THE DIAMOND WEDDING.
  19. 19.58 ] A GARLAND OF SIGHS.
  20. 20.59 ] WAITING FOR THE CALL.
  21. 21.60 ]
  22. 22.63 ] SOAKER SMITH.
  23. 23.65 ]
  24. 24.69 ] OUR GOLDFIELDS SPRING.
  25. 25.72 ] NEARLY A PESSIMIST.
  26. 26.74 ]
  27. 27.77 ] SCRATCHIN’ FOR A CRUST.
  28. 28.79 ] A BEER BOOST.
  29. 29.81 ] THE CURSE OF THE LAUNDRIED SHIRT.
  30. 30.83 ] OLD BILL BATES.
  31. 31.87 ] WE TOOK THE PLEDGE TILL MAY.
  32. 32.92 ] TOO OLD.
  33. 33.94 ] DAN THE HATTER. An Old North Country Identity.
  34. 34.97 ]
  35. 35.99 ] AT BUMMER’S CREEK.
  36. 36.103 ] AT PENNYWEIGHT FLAT.
  37. 37.107 ] I HAVEN’T THE GUTS TO GO.
  38. 38.110 ] ANOTHER SONG OF THE STAMPS.
  39. 39.115 ] A WISH—FOR SYDNEY-SIDE.
  40. 40.117 ] AMONGST THE RICKS OF HAY.
  41. 41.119 ] KILDEA’S FLOWER FARM.
  42. 42.121 ] HIS LETTER FROM W.A.
  43. 43.124 ] ANSWER TO “HIS LETTER FROM W.A.”
  44. 44.126 ] A-WHIZZING TOWARDS THE EAST.
  45. 45.129 ] THE OLD FARM GATE.
  46. 46.131 ] TO THOSE WHO LOVE US MOST.
  47. 47.135 ] BEER IS ENOUGH.
  48. 48.137 ] A BUNCH OF VIOLETS.
  49. 49.141 ] BEHIND M‘WHALAN’S BAR.
  50. 50.143 ] WILL YOU LOVE ME THEN?
  51. 51.145 ] DIFFERENCES.
  52. 52.147 ]
  53. 53.149 ] A BLOKE FROM MULLINGAR.
  54. 54.153 ] ONLY A KISS.
  55. 55.155 ] A BENDER AND SOME OF THE MOODS THAT LEAD UP TO IT.
  56. 56.158 ] WILD CATS AND HOURIS.
  57. 57.160 ] THE LAST SPRAT.
  58. 58.162 ] SAY, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF IT NOW?
  59. 59.167 ] THE WESTERN WRITER TO HIS MUSE.
  60. 60.169 ] THE MAN WHO “CAN TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT ALONE.”
  61. 61.170 ] WHEN SUSY MAKES THE DUFF.
  62. 62.172 ] A DRUNK’S DEFIANCE.
  63. 63.174 ] BETWEEN TWO GATES.
  64. 64.177 ] A LASS, A LOAF, AND A GOOD CIGAR.
  65. 65.179 ] I PROMISED SUE.
  66. 66.181 ] CHURNING “COPY” FOR THE PRESS.
  67. 67.184 ] STAR GAZING.
  68. 68.186 ] RHYMES AND RHYMERS.
  69. 69.189 ] A SONG OF COMPROMISE.
  70. 70.191 ] A SHATTERED ILLUSION.
  71. 71.194 ] NO MORE VERSES IN PRAISE OF WINE!
  72. 72.196 ] OUR LIMITATIONS.
  73. 73.198 ] YOUR LEVEL BEST.
  74. 74.Transcriber’s Note

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