In the Days When the World Was Wide, and Other Verses

<h2> Middleton's Rouseabout </h2> <p>Tall and freckled and sandy,<br/> Face of a country lout;<br/> This was the picture of Andy,<br/> Middleton's Rouseabout.<br/> <br/> Type of a coming nation,<br/> In the land of cattle and sheep,<br/> Worked on Middleton's station,<br/> 'Pound a week and his keep.'<br/> <br/> On Middleton's wide dominions<br/> Plied the stockwhip and shears;<br/> Hadn't any opinions,<br/> Hadn't any 'idears'.<br/> <br/> Swiftly the years went over,<br/> Liquor and drought prevailed;<br/> Middleton went as a drover,<br/> After his station had failed.<br/> <br/> Type of a careless nation,<br/> Men who are soon played out,<br/> Middleton was: &mdash; and his station<br/> Was bought by the Rouseabout.<br/> <br/> Flourishing beard and sandy,<br/> Tall and robust and stout;<br/> This is the picture of Andy,<br/> Middleton's Rouseabout.<br/> <br/> Now on his own dominions<br/> Works with his overseers;<br/> Hasn't any opinions,<br/> Hasn't any 'idears'.<br/></p> <p><SPAN name="link2H_4_0024" id="link2H_4_0024"></SPAN></p> <br/> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />