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In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses (1896) is the first collection of poems by Australian poet and author Henry Lawson. [1] It was released in hardback by Angus and Robertson in 1896, and features the poet's widely anthologised poems "The Free Selector's Daughter", "Andy's Gone with Cattle", "Middleton's Rouseabout" and the best of Lawson's contributions to The Bulletin Debate ...
Verses, Popular and Humorous (1900) was the second collection of poems by Australian poet Henry Lawson. It was released in hardback by Angus and Robertson publishers in 1900. [ 1 ] It features some of the poet's earlier major works, including "The Lights of Cobb and Co", " Saint Peter " and "The Grog-An'-Grumble-Steeplechase".
In Winter I Wrote Love Poems; Hands; Old House; Old Mother; Grandfather Is Home from Seattle; He Died of Cystic Fibrosis at 24; Prayer in the ICU; Grandma in the Corner, Dying; O Hurried Guest; A Poem for Erin's First Christmas; Worlds Might Stumble; When; Of My Beloved Son; II - Apocalyptic Verses. Tin Men; On Another Road; If I Hadn't ...
The poem is recited in the 1998 film, Velvet Goldmine. [citation needed] The 2003 movie, Identity, repeats the last verse of the poem at various parts in the movie, replacing its last presented line by the actual last line of the first verse. [citation needed] The 2009 horror film, The Haunting in Connecticut, quotes part of the poem. [citation ...
A clerihew (/ ˈ k l ɛr ɪ h j uː /) is a whimsical, four-line biographical poem of a type invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley.The first line is the name of the poem's subject, usually a famous person, and the remainder puts the subject in an absurd light or reveals something unknown or spurious about the subject.
Gnomic poetry consists of meaningful sayings put into verse to aid the memory. They were known by the Greeks as gnomes (c.f. the Greek adjective γνωμικός ( gnomikos ) "appertaining to an opinion or aphorism ").
The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses (1895) is the first collection of poems by Australian poet Banjo Paterson. It was released in hardback by Angus and Robertson in 1895, and features the poet's widely anthologised poems " The Man from Snowy River ", " Clancy of the Overflow ", " Saltbush Bill " and " The Man from Ironbark ".
Poems Composed or Suggested during a Tour in the Summer of 1833 1835 By the Seashore, Isle of Man 1833 "Why stand we gazing on the sparkling Brine," Poems Composed or Suggested during a Tour in the Summer of 1833 1835 Isle of Man 1833 "A youth too certain of his power to wade" Poems Composed or Suggested during a Tour in the Summer of 1833 1835