A Memoir of the Life of Adam Lindsay Gordon the Laureate of the Centaurs Wit
A Memoir of the Life of Adam Lindsay Gordon the Laureate of the Centaurs Wit
J Howlett Ross
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ship of that much-admired and much-debated poem, "A Voice from the Bush, " or, as it was originally entitled, " Under the Trees. " It will be parted from with some regret by admirers of Gordon, for, though defective in artistic finish, it bears a close similarity to the style of the master poet, and has been for many years accepted as a. Genuine example of his early " dalliance with the Muse. " Marcus Clarke declared that " whoever wrote the lines the world is richer by them " a high note of pr...aise, surely, for Mr. Morris. Thus may close a memoir, written by an Aus- tralian in loving admiration of a kind-hearted, honourable, but unfortunate gentleman and a true poet of rare merit and of surpassing promise. NEW POEMS. EXODUS PARTHENID^E. THE LAY OF THE LAST SQUATTER. DRAW your chair to the fire, old woman, The days are warm, but the nights are cold ; So, they've hunted our milkers off the common, And pounded them, calves and all, I'm told. Had I caught " Long Henderson " driving " Molly, " I'd have made him tell me "the reason why" ; He'd scarcely have answered you so jolly, Had I turned the corner suddenly.
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