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Jack Cornstalk as a Drover

by Henry Lawson

Henry Lawson

"Dry scrub and dusty clearing
The long, hot, drowsy day;
The land line ever nearing
And ever far away.




Quotes of the Day

All husbands are alike, but they have different faces so you can tell them apart.

• Ogden Nash



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    Night In Iowa
    by Deborah Ager
    Nimbus clouds erasing stars above Lamoni. Jaundiced lights. Silos. Loose dogs. Cows whose stench infuses the handful of homes, whose sad voices storm the plains with longing.