{"product_id":"2026100012099-secondhand-selected-poems","title":"Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdam 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.\n\nGordon'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\u0026amp;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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51070624301275,"sku":"2026100012099-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/63c8b6ea-90b0-4678-a1f9-ee674efe745c.png?v=1794188183","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100012099-secondhand-selected-poems","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}