My first thought was, he lied in every word, That hoary cripple, with malicious eye Askance to watch the working of his lie On mine […]

if any spark of life be yet remaining

When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

But if we are bigger built than you blokes, I suppose it's 'coz we—most of us—live away from big cities, and everybody goes in for sport an' all that; plenty of ridin' an' walkin' an' swimmin' and football an' hard work. Most of us are off the land, cockeying, and the blokes who come from the cities, Sydney and places like that, they all go in for surfing an' all kinds of sport.