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The Ballad of the Drover by Henry Lawson
Henry Lawson's "The Ballad of the Drover" narrates a melancholy story of a young cowboy/drover who succumbs in a flood as he is journeying to his beloved home from his difficult work. 

POEM: "The Ballad of the Drover" by Henry Lawson (1867–1922)

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