The Poetry Corner

The Bonny Port Of Sydney

By Henry Lawson

The lovely Port of Sydney Lies laughing to the sky, The bonny Port of Sydney, Where the ships of nations lie. You shall never see such beauty, Though you sail the wide world oer, As the sunny Port of Sydney, As we see it from the Shore. The shades of night are falling On many ports of call, But the harbour lights of Sydney Are the grandest of them all; Such a city set in jewels Has neer been seen before As the harbour lights of Sydney As we see them from the Shore. I must sail for gloomy London, Where there are no harbour lights, Where no sun is seen in winter, And there are no starry nights; And the bonny port of Sydney, I may never see it more, But Ill always dream about it As we view it from North Shore.