Francis Duggan Poems

In fancy i hear the silver gulls in the park by the sea shore
And walk on the jetty above the wide beach in beautiful Semaphore
And see the fishers on the jetty casting out a line
A half an hour before nightfall in the fading sunshine
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Her hair reaches to her shoulders her hair wavy and brown
And she looks very beautiful the Rose of Penshurst Town
She blooms forth in the sunshine like a rose after rain
And what's a loss to Penshurst is surely Geelong's gain
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One of Australia's finest shearers is his claim to renown
A top shearer in the shearing sheds many miles from Koroit Town
Many miles from the coastal countryside near Warrnambool where the Merri waters flow
That countryside he has not seen since he left there six years ago.
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An ageing bloke from Claraghatlea is all I'll ever be
Who has travelled far from the old Townland though it would seem to me
That others have travelled far more and more Lands than i have seen
Though that does not prove one's worth as a person to tell of places you have been
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Prometheus stole fire from the supreme God Zeus and gave it to the mortals in their cave
He deceived Zeus for to help the poor Prometheus he was brave
He was punished by Zeus but from the poor Zeus could not take back the fire
The legend of Prometheus is a legend to inspire.
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When we look towards the future a future can we see
For all of the races of the World who make up Humanity
In a World of six billion plus people the pressure on Nature's reserves are great
And with climate change now Worldwide we worry for our fate
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When i recall old memories one memory i enjoy
My Summer days with Dan and Mary in green old Lisnaboy
The sweet scent of the meadows in June and in July
On sunny and windy weather when the sun shone in the sky
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You cannot be friends to everyone so why bother to try
And why some dislike you though you they do not know i can only venture to guess why
It might have something to do with karma a karmic consciousness in all of us reside
And the awesome power of karma it can never be denied
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I am just your ordinary mortal of blood and flesh and bone
And one day i will be dead to life and as lifeless as a stone
Or as dead as the dodo as some are known to say
We live only for a short while and then to dust decay
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Today for the good man the church bell did toll
And his family and friends and relations did pray for his soul
But his is a soul that does not need prayer
For if there is a heaven tonight he is there.
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