Fair Girls And Gray Horses
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the sun-scorched plains and stockyards of the Australian outback emerges the voice of Will H. Ogilvie, a poet whose verses pulse with the sweat, dust, and romance of bush life. Fair Girls and Gray Horses gathers some of Ogilvie's most celebrated poems, chronicling the rugged world of drovers, stockmen, and station hands — a world where untamed horses are as spirited as the men who ride them and the women who inspire them. With vivid, rhythmic verse drawn from his own years working as a jackaroo in Australia in the late 19th century, Ogilvie captures the raw beauty of a landscape and a way of life that was already beginning to fade. Part of the Famous Australian Poetry Classics series, this collection stands alongside the works of Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson as a cornerstone of the Australian bush ballad tradition, offering readers an authentic window into colonial pastoral life. Ogilvie's style — melodic, accessible, and deeply felt — illustrates a profound reverence for both the land and the human spirit that wrestles with it. Whether you are a lifelong devotee of Australian verse or a newcomer to the bush ballad genre, this collection will leave you wondering what other treasures this undersung poet left scattered across the red plains of literary history.
Author: Will H. Ogilvie
Format: Paperback
Genre: Poetry
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the sun-scorched plains and stockyards of the Australian outback emerges the voice of Will H. Ogilvie, a poet whose verses pulse with the sweat, dust, and romance of bush life. Fair Girls and Gray Horses gathers some of Ogilvie's most celebrated poems, chronicling the rugged world of drovers, stockmen, and station hands — a world where untamed horses are as spirited as the men who ride them and the women who inspire them. With vivid, rhythmic verse drawn from his own years working as a jackaroo in Australia in the late 19th century, Ogilvie captures the raw beauty of a landscape and a way of life that was already beginning to fade. Part of the Famous Australian Poetry Classics series, this collection stands alongside the works of Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson as a cornerstone of the Australian bush ballad tradition, offering readers an authentic window into colonial pastoral life. Ogilvie's style — melodic, accessible, and deeply felt — illustrates a profound reverence for both the land and the human spirit that wrestles with it. Whether you are a lifelong devotee of Australian verse or a newcomer to the bush ballad genre, this collection will leave you wondering what other treasures this undersung poet left scattered across the red plains of literary history.