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Famous Tasmanian Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Tasmanian poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous tasmanian poems. These examples illustrate what a famous tasmanian poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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Were All Australians Now

by Paterson, Andrew Barton

...r up today. 

The man who used to "hump his drum", 
On far-out Queensland runs 
Is fighting side by side with some 
Tasmanian farmer's sons. 

The fisher-boys dropped sail and oar 
To grimly stand the test, 
Along that storm-swept Turkish shore, 
With miners from the west. 

The old state jealousies of yore 
Are dead as Pharaoh's sow, 
We're not State children any more -- 
We're all Australians now! 

Our six-starred flag that used to fly 
Half-shyly to the breeze...Read more of this...

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