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y separately published work icon Rhymes from the Mines and Other Lines selected work   poetry  
Alternative title: Rhymes from the Mines
Issue Details: First known date: 1896... 1896 Rhymes from the Mines and Other Lines
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Contents

* Contents derived from the North Sydney, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:Jack Pollard , 1973 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Poor Jokei"'No, you can't count me in, boys; I'm off it -", Edward Dyson , single work poetry (p. 98-103)
'Breaking it Gently'i"All was up with Richard Tanner -", E. D. , single work poetry (p. 104-105)
Struck It At Lasti"He was almost blind, and wasted", Edward Dyson , single work poetry (p. 106-108)
The Prospectorsi"When the white sun scorches the fair, green land in the rage of his fierce desires,", Edward Dyson , single work poetry (p. 109-113)
Peter Simson's Farmi"Simson settled in the timber when his arm was strong and true,", Edward Dyson , single work poetry (p. 117-122)
Note: With first line: Simson settled in the timber when his arm was strong and true
Since Nellie Came to Live Along the Creeki"My hut is built of stringy-bark, the window's calico,", Edward Dyson , single work poetry (p. 123-127)
The Freaki"Just beyond All Alone, going back,", Edward Dyson , single work poetry (p. 128-132)
In Towni"Out of work and out of money - out of friends that means, you bet -", Edward Dyson , single work poetry (p. 133-136)
The Deserted Homesteadi"Past a dull, grey plain where a world-old grief seems to brood o'er the silent land,", Edward Dyson , single work poetry (p. 137-142)
A New Girl up at White's : A Saw-Millers Lamenti"There's a fresh track 'cross the paddock,", Edward Dyson , single work poetry humour (p. 143-145)
Note: With title: A New Girl up at White's
Whose Wife?i"'Harry! what, that yerself, back to old Vic., man,", Edward Dyson , single work poetry (p. 146-147)
Battered Bobi"He was working on a station in the Western when I knew him,", Edward Dyson , single work poetry (p. 148-154)
The Splitteri"In the morn when the keen blade bites the tree,", Edward Dyson , single work poetry (p. 155-156)
To the Theoretical Selector To His Excellencyi"Would you be the King, the strong man, first in council and in toil,", E. D. , single work poetry (p. 157-160)
Bullocky Bill and His Old Red Teami"From the river sidin', the railway town;", Edward Dyson , single work poetry (p. 161-162)
Note: With title: Bullocky Bill. With first line: From a river siding, the railway town,
The Drovers in Replyi"We are wondering why those fellows who are writing cheerful ditties", Edward Dyson , single work poetry (p. 163-166)
The Shantyi"There are tracks through the scrub, there's a track down the hill,", Edward Dyson , single work poetry (p. 167-169)
Ah Ling, the Leperi"Up a dark and fetid alley, where the offal and the slime", Edward Dyson , single work poetry (p. 170-172)
The Emu of Whrooi"We've a tale to tell you of a spavined emu,", Edward Dyson , single work poetry humour (p. 173-176)
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