ghost in In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses
uessed he'd have to go and get his bottle filled again, And he gave a lurch and vanished in the darkness and the rain. . . . . . And of afternoons in cities, when the rain is on the land, Visions come to me of Sweeney with his bottle in his hand, With the stormy night behind him, and the pub verand…
- Record ID
- 2,759
- Year
- 1,896
- Source
- Project Gutenberg
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- Public search-ready
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- Record ID
- 2759
- Source
- Project Gutenberg
- Publication
- In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses; Henry Lawson
- Published
- 1896; Project Gutenberg public-domain transcription
- Narrative type
- Retellings and Adaptations
- Public-text label
- ghost
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- Australia (Australia): B
- Source voice
- Source Grounded Section Record
- Publicness
- Public Domain Public Web
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uessed he'd have to go and get his bottle filled again, And he gave a lurch and vanished in the darkness and the rain. . . . . . And of afternoons in cities, when the rain is on the land, Visions come to me of Sweeney with his bottle in his hand, With the stormy night behind him, and the pub verandah-post -- And I wonder why he haunts me more than any other ghost. Still I see the shearers drinking at the township in the scrub, And the army praying nightly at the door of every pub, And the girls who flirt and giggle with the bushmen from the west -- But the memory of Sweeney overshadows all the rest. Well, perhaps, it isn't funny;.
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