Adam Lindsay Gordon
#English #Victorians #XIXCentury #XXCentury
A GREAT and glorious thing it i… To learn, for seven years or so, The Lord knows what of that and t… Ere reckoned fit to face the foe — The flying bullet down the Pass,
Now Chil the Kite brings home the… That Mang the Bat sets free— The herds are shut in byre and hut… For loosed till dawn are we. This is the hour of pride and powe…
Up the steep Official Stair With rapidity amazing Clomb, his seniors bedazing, Into Heights of Glory blazing, With the Stars that mortals wear
Yearly, with tent and rifle, our c… By the Pass called Muttianee, to… Yearly by Muttianee he follows ou… Matun, the old blind beggar, banda… Eyeless, noseless, and lipless —to…
1. “HOW sweet is the shepherd’s s… From the dawn to the even he stray… He shall follow his sheep all the… And his tongue shall be filled wit… (adagio dim.) Filled with praise!”
We pulled for you when the wind was against us and the sails were low. We ate bread and onions when you took towns, or ran aboard quickly when you were beaten back by the foe. The ...
WHENCE comest thou, Gehazi, So reverend to behold, In scarlet and in ermines And chain of England’s gold?" “From following after Naaman
TAKE of English earth as much As either hand may rightly clutch. In the taking of it breathe Prayer for all who lie beneath. Not the great nor well—bespoke,
I ate my fill of a whale that die… And stranded after a month at sea.… There is a pain in my inside. Why have the Gods afflicted me? Ow! I am purged till I am a wra…
Through the Plagues of Egyp’ we w… Gettin’ down an’ shovin’ in the su… An’ you might 'ave called us dirty… An’ you might ‘ave ’eard us talkin… But the Captain ‘ad ’is jacket, a…
“Where have you been this while aw… Johnnie, Johnnie?” 'Long with the rest on a picnic la… Johnnie, my Johnnie, aha! They called us out of the barrack-…
I HAVE a dream —a dreadful dream A dream that is never done, I watch a man go out of his mind, And he is My Mother’s Son. They pushed him into a Mental Hom…
SOUTH and far south below the L… Our Admiral leads us on, Above, undreamed—of planets shine… The stars we know are gone. Around, our clustered seamen mark
I tell this tale, which is strictl… Just by way of convincing you How very little, since things were… Things have altered in building tr… A year ago, come the middle of Ma…
YOUTH that trafficked long with… And to second life returns, Squanders little time or breath On his fellow—man’s concerns. Earnèd peace is all he asks