Happy Days - OZ poetry
Nov 9th 2003, 1:59 pm
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Happy Days - OZ poetry
Happy Days
A fringe of rushes, one green line
Upon a faded plain
A silver streak of water shine
Above, tree watchers twain,
It was our resting-place awhile
And still with backward gaze
We say “Tis many a weary mile�
But there were happy days.
And shall no ripple break the sand.
Upon our farther way?
Or reedy ranks all knee-deep stand?
Or leafy tree-tops sway?
The gold of dawn is surely met
In sunsets lavish blaze
And in horizons hidden yet
There shall be happy days
Foott, Mary Hannay (1846-1918)
Mary Hannay Foott (nee Black), was born in Glasgow in 1846, and came out to Australia as a six year old. In 1874 she married Thomas Foott who owned a station in outback south-western Queensland on the Paroo River where she went to live
A fringe of rushes, one green line
Upon a faded plain
A silver streak of water shine
Above, tree watchers twain,
It was our resting-place awhile
And still with backward gaze
We say “Tis many a weary mile�
But there were happy days.
And shall no ripple break the sand.
Upon our farther way?
Or reedy ranks all knee-deep stand?
Or leafy tree-tops sway?
The gold of dawn is surely met
In sunsets lavish blaze
And in horizons hidden yet
There shall be happy days
Foott, Mary Hannay (1846-1918)
Mary Hannay Foott (nee Black), was born in Glasgow in 1846, and came out to Australia as a six year old. In 1874 she married Thomas Foott who owned a station in outback south-western Queensland on the Paroo River where she went to live
Nov 9th 2003, 2:02 pm
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Re: Happy Days - OZ poetry
Originally posted by Jirrupin
Happy Days
Foott, Mary Hannay (1846-1918)
Mary Hannay Foott (nee Black), was born in Glasgow in 1846, and came out to Australia as a six year old. In 1874 she married Thomas Foott who owned a station in outback south-western Queensland on the Paroo River where she went to live
Happy Days
Foott, Mary Hannay (1846-1918)
Mary Hannay Foott (nee Black), was born in Glasgow in 1846, and came out to Australia as a six year old. In 1874 she married Thomas Foott who owned a station in outback south-western Queensland on the Paroo River where she went to live
Yeah yeah, but did she get a big 'ouse and a pool
Nov 9th 2003, 2:13 pm
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Re: Happy Days - OZ poetry
Originally posted by dotty
Yeah yeah, but did she get a big 'ouse and a pool
Yeah yeah, but did she get a big 'ouse and a pool
Today, I will mainly be being positive,
(trying to lengthen my nose)
What I have begun to realise is that it is not what I post that people find agravating it is me. Yesterday I declined from reporting on the Scarborugh Beach Riots, even though we were in Scarborough yesterday afternoon and saw lots of police and young people about. (Didn't see the riot). Renth has mentioned it but and I think his head is still attached
Now if it had been me...So for today at least I am going to be like a pop idol, (poster idol) and reinvent my persona.
Nice Jirrupin, very helpful jirrupin, no big 'ouse, pool or job but I don't care, I am living the dream and I am in Oz and life is good and fantastic and DianeOZ might do me a good deal on some turkey for chrimbo.
Nov 9th 2003, 2:38 pm
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Re: Happy Days - OZ poetry
Originally posted by Jirrupin
Yesterday I declined from reporting on the Scarborugh Beach Riots, even though we were in Scarborough yesterday afternoon and saw lots of police and young people about. (Didn't see the riot). Renth has mentioned it but and I think his head is still attached Now if it had been me...
Yesterday I declined from reporting on the Scarborugh Beach Riots, even though we were in Scarborough yesterday afternoon and saw lots of police and young people about. (Didn't see the riot). Renth has mentioned it but and I think his head is still attached
Now if it had been me...
I was on the way to the cinema and saw loads of police cars heading down scarborough beach road; saw the helicoptor in the sky etc, but didn't have a clue what was going on.
I came back down the coast road through scarborough, but it had obviously all been tidied up by then so I was none the wiser.
Nov 9th 2003, 6:18 pm
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Re: Happy Days - OZ poetry
Originally posted by Jirrupin
Foott, Mary Hannay (1846-1918)
Mary Hannay Foott (nee Black), was born in Glasgow in 1846, and came out to Australia as a six year old. In 1874 she married Thomas Foott who owned a station in outback south-western Queensland on the Paroo River where she went to live
Foott, Mary Hannay (1846-1918)
Mary Hannay Foott (nee Black), was born in Glasgow in 1846, and came out to Australia as a six year old. In 1874 she married Thomas Foott who owned a station in outback south-western Queensland on the Paroo River where she went to live
, but I wonder what station it was?
