Works of Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis

However the veiled political and economic satirical verse was lost on the public. A small Christmas booklet on Doreen proved popular but the prepared 'Limpy Ben' booklet for was not published. Digger Smith and Jim of the Hills followed. A Book for Kids , written and illustrated by Dennis, was published in and went to several editions.

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Dennis had a flair for journalism and turned to the Melbourne Herald in May when he found that he could no longer live on income from his works. He contributed over times to a daily column during the next sixteen years.

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He also concentrated on various series, commencing with 'The mooch of life' and ending with 'Ditties of debunk'. His series using Ben Bowyang in 'Letters from the bush' was also popular. The need to write topical verse within a limited timespan affected the quality of his work and the output of other material. Rose of Spadgers was published in as a sequel to Ginger Mick. The Singing Garden was written around Arden, the house that Dennis had built at Toolangi after his marriage, and is the poet at his serious best.

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Arden was destroyed by fire in February , but is commemorated by cairns and plaques in the still-existing garden. Dennis had suffered from asthma for several years and died in a private hospital in Melbourne on 22 June of cardio-respiratory failure. Now is the healing, quiet hour that fills This gay, green world with peace and grateful rest.

Memorials have been raised in Melbourne, and Auburn, South Australia, and the centenary of his birth was celebrated in by various competitions, books, articles, readings and exhibitions. Dennis was an outstanding popular poet.

His reputation was built largely around The Sentimental Bloke which had a phenomenal success because of the wide appeal of the sentiment and humour in its simple love story. It was maintained by his other works and his contributions over many years to the Melbourne Herald. View the front pages for Volume 8. Australian Dictionary of Biography person text Tip: Use double quotes to search for a phrase.

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Dennis, Selected Verse of C. Dennis chosen by A. Chisholm Syd I. 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 ". Dennis was born in Auburn, South Australia. His father owned hotels in Auburn, and then later in Gladstone and Laura. His mother suffered ill health, so Clarrie as he was known was raised initially by his great-aunts, then went away to school, Christian Brothers College, Adelaide as a teenager.

At the age of 19 he was employed as a solicitor's clerk. It was while he was working in this job that, like banker's clerk Banjo Paterson before him, his first poem was published [1] under the pseudonym "The Best of the Six". He joined the literary staff of The Critic in , and after a spell doing odd jobs around Broken Hill, returned to The Critic , serving for a time c. From he served as staff poet on the Melbourne Herald. Dennis married Margaret Herron in She published two novels and a biography of Dennis called Down The Years.

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Have you seen the acrobats on the dizzy swing? Jigging, jogging off to school, down the dusty track - What must Dobbin think of it - three upon his back? The Band Hey, there! Listen awhile, and come.

Down in the street there are marching feet, and I hear the beat of a drum. Out of the room! Pick up your hat and fly! The band is marching by!

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Said he, "it's nearly seven feet - I must begin to strip 'it. Blue Wrens and Yellow-tails dancing on the lawn! Bobbing here, and bowing there, gossiping away, And how I wished that you were there to see the merry play! I'd learn to box the compass, and to reef and tack and luff; The Long Road Home When I go back from Billy's place I always have to roam The mazy road, the crazy road that leads the long way home. Lullaby You are much too big to dandle, And I will not leave the candle.