Selected Poems
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Book: Good
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Pages: Yellowed
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Adam Lindsay Gordon — soldier, jockey, politician, and poet — lived one of the most restlessly romantic lives of the nineteenth century, and Selected Poems distills the passionate verse that made him a legend on two continents. Drawing on his celebrated collections, including Sea Spray and Smoke Drift and Bush Ballads and Galloping Rhymes, this volume presents Gordon's most enduring works: muscular, rhythm-driven poems that chronicle the thrill of the steeplechase, the melancholy of colonial exile, and the stoic courage demanded by the Australian bush. Gordon's verse occupies a singular place in the Australian literary canon — raw enough to resonate with horsemen and stockmen, yet suffused with a classical learning that echoes Byron and Browning. His trademark ballad metre carries an almost physical momentum, sweeping the reader forward with the same urgency as a horse thundering toward a fence, while quieter lyrics betray a brooding introspection that shadowed his brief, tragic life. For readers encountering Gordon for the first time, this A&R Classics edition is the ideal gateway; for those who already know him, it is an irresistible reminder of why he became the only Australian poet honoured with a bust in Westminster Abbey's Poets' Corner.
Author: Adam Lindsay Gordon
Format: Paperback
Genre: Poetry
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Adam Lindsay Gordon — soldier, jockey, politician, and poet — lived one of the most restlessly romantic lives of the nineteenth century, and Selected Poems distills the passionate verse that made him a legend on two continents. Drawing on his celebrated collections, including Sea Spray and Smoke Drift and Bush Ballads and Galloping Rhymes, this volume presents Gordon's most enduring works: muscular, rhythm-driven poems that chronicle the thrill of the steeplechase, the melancholy of colonial exile, and the stoic courage demanded by the Australian bush. Gordon's verse occupies a singular place in the Australian literary canon — raw enough to resonate with horsemen and stockmen, yet suffused with a classical learning that echoes Byron and Browning. His trademark ballad metre carries an almost physical momentum, sweeping the reader forward with the same urgency as a horse thundering toward a fence, while quieter lyrics betray a brooding introspection that shadowed his brief, tragic life. For readers encountering Gordon for the first time, this A&R Classics edition is the ideal gateway; for those who already know him, it is an irresistible reminder of why he became the only Australian poet honoured with a bust in Westminster Abbey's Poets' Corner.