The Music of your Voice

Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)



A vase upon the mantelpiece,
  A ship upon the sea,
A goat upon a mountain-top
  Are much the same to me;
But when you mention melon jam,
  Or picnics by the creek,
Or apple pies, or pantomimes,
  I love to hear you speak.

The date of Magna Charta or
  The doings of the Dutch,
Or capes, or towns, or verbs, or nouns
  Do not excite me much;
But when you mention motor rides -
  Down by the sea for choice
Or chasing games, or chocolates,
  I love to hear your voice.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis

Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis, better known as C. J. Dennis, was an Australian poet known for his humorous poems, especially "The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke", published in the early 20th century. Though Dennis's work is less well known today, his 1915 publication of The Sentimental Bloke sold 65,000 copies in its first year, and by 1917 he was the most prosperous poet in Australian history. Together with Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson, both of whom he had collaborated with, he is often considered among Australia's three most famous poets. While attributed to Lawson by 1911, Dennis later claimed he himself was the 'laureate of the larrikin'. When he died at the age of 61, the Prime Minister of Australia Joseph Lyons suggested he was destined to be remembered as the 'Australian Robert Burns'. more…

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