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In the Days When the World Was Wide, and Other Verses

by Henry Lawson

Level C1 · AdvancedPoetry56 chapters
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Length
56 chapters
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About this book

About this book

Explore the rugged Australian outback through vivid verses that capture friendship, hardship, and the spirit of a wide, untamed world. These poems evoke the lives, landscapes, and legends of a bygone era with raw honesty and warmth.

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Contents

56 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02PREFACE
03To an Old Mate
04CONTENTS WITH FIRST LINES
05In the Days When the World was Wide
06Faces in the Street
07The Roaring Days
08'For'ard'
09The Drover's Sweetheart
10Out Back
11The Free-Selector's Daughter
12'Sez You'

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