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Adam Lindsay Gordon

October 19, 1833 – 24 June 1870


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Poem TitleFirst LinesPeriod# Lines# Reads
1: A Basket Of Flowers - From Dawn To Dusk On skies still and starlit White lustres take hold, 961093
2: A Dedication To The Author Of “Holmby House” They are rhymes rudely strung with intent less 96866
3: A Fragment They say that poison-sprinkled flowers 16941
4: A Hunting Song Here’s a health to every sportsman, be he stableman or lord, 16860
5: A Legend Of Madrid Crush’d and throng’d are all the places 1441013
6: A Song Of Autumn Where shall we go for our garlands glad 16930
7: After The Quarrel He never gave me a chance to speak, 8909
8: An Exile’s Farewell The ocean heaves around us still 56855
9: Ars Longa - A Song Of Pilgrimage Our hopes are wild imaginings, 72817
10: Ashtaroth: A Dramatic Lyric Well, boy, what is it? 3153817
11: Bellona Thou art moulded in marble impassive, 72958
12: Borrow’d Plumes Of borrow’d plumes I take the sin, 241043
13: By Flood And Field - A Legend Of The Cottiswold I remember the lowering wintry morn, 76745
14: By Wood And Wold - A Preamble Lightly the breath of the spring wind blows, 24810
15: Cito Pede Preterit Aetas - A Philosophical Dissertation A mellower light doth Sol afford, 120826
16: Confiteor The shore-boat lies in the morning light, 98824
17: Credat Judaeus Apella Dear Bell, I enclose what you ask in a letter, 68786
18: Cui Bono Oh! wind that whistles o’er thorns and thistles, 481036
19: De Te A burning glass of burnished brass, 90848
20: Delilah The sun has gone down, spreading wide on 64832
21: Discontent I said to young Allan M’Ilveray, 41811
22: Doubtful Dreams Aye, snows are rife in December, 152812
23: Early Adieux Adieu to kindred hearts and home, 64792
24: Ex Fumo Dare Lucem - ’Twixt The Cup And The Lip Calm and clear! the bright day is declining, 229818
25: Exeunt Where the grave-deeps rot, where the grave-dews rust, 31888
26: Fauconshawe - A Ballad To fetch clear water out of the spring 186949
27: Finis Exoptatus - A Metaphysical Song Boot and saddle, see, the slanting 180813
28: Fragmentary Scenes From The Road To Avernus - An Unpublished Dramatic Lyric I said to young Allan M’Ilveray, 265832
29: From Lightning And Tempest The spring-wind pass’d through the forest, and whispered low in the leaves, 18787
30: From The Wreck Turn out, boys!”, “What’s up with our super to-night? 128829
31: Gone In Collins-street standeth a statue tall, 64840
32: Hippodromania; or, Whiffs From The Pipe Rest, and be thankful! On the verge 621809
33: How We Beat The Favourite - A Lay Of The Loamshire Hunt Cup Aye, squire,” said Stevens, “they back him at evens; 100770
34: In The Garden Come to the bank where the boat is moor’d to the willow-tree low; 53878
35: In Utrumque Paratus - A Logical Discussion There’s a formula which the west country clowns 116759
36: Laudamus The Lord shall slay or the Lord shall save! 45847
37: Lex Talionis - A Moral Discourse To beasts of the field, and fowls of the air, 84831
38: No Name Tis a nameless stone that stands at your head, 49841
39: Pastor Cum When he, that shepherd false, ’neath Phrygian sails, 36990
40: Podas Okus Am I waking? Was I sleeping? 168780
41: Potters’ Clay - An Allegorical Interlude Though the pitcher that goes to the sparkling rill 16839
42: Quare Fatigasti Two years ago I was thinking 64840
43: Rippling Water The maiden sat by the river side 841008
44: Sea Spray And Smoke Drift Am I waking? Was I sleeping? 169873
45: Sunlight On The Sea Make merry, comrades, eat and drink 96866
46: Ten Paces Off I’ve won the two tosses from Prescot; 36819
47: The Feud: A Border Ballad They sat by their wine in the tavern that night, 328787
48: The Fields Of Coleraine On the fields of Col’raine there’ll be labour in vain 44773
49: The Last Leap All is over! fleet career, Dash of greyhound slipping thongs, 48836
50: The Old Leaven - A Dialogue So, Maurice, you sail to-morrow, you say? 193834
51: The Race On the hill they are crowding together, 169850
52: The Rhyme Of Joyous Garde Through the lattice rushes the south wind, dense 280837
53: The Roll Of The Kettledrum; or, The Lay Of The Last Charger One line of swart profiles and bearded lips dressing, 200839
54: The Romance Of Britomarte I’ll tell you a story; but pass the “jack”, 301831
55: The Sick Stockrider Hold hard, Ned! Lift me down once more, and lay me in the shade. 80789
56: The Song Of The Surf White steeds of ocean, that leap with a hollow and wearisome roar 32935
57: The Swimmer With short, sharp, violent lights made vivid, 104779
58: The Three Friends The sword slew one in deadly strife; 108821
59: Thick-headed Thoughts I’ve something of the bull-dog in my breed, 60816
60: Thora’s Song - (“Ashtaroth”) We severed in autumn early, 40766
61: To A Proud Beauty - A Valentine Though I have loved you well, I ween, 16816
62: To My Sister Across the trackless seas I go, 1853 104811
63: Two Exhortations Surely in the great beginning God made all things good, and still 78814
64: Unshriven Oh! the sun rose on the lea, and the bird sang merrilie, 361027
65: Valedictory Poem Lay me low, my work is done; 401328
66: Visions In The Smoke Rest, and be thankful! On the verge 165811
67: Whisperings In Wattle-Boughs Oh, gaily sings the bird! and the wattle-boughs are stirr’d 28809
68: Wolf And Hound You’ll take my tale with a little salt, 96789
69: Wormwood And Nightshade The troubles of life are many, 136765
70: Ye Wearie Wayfarer, Hys Ballad - (In Eight Fyttes) Lightly the breath of the spring wind blows, 7181014
71: Zu der edlen Yagd - [A Treatise On Trees—Vine-tree v. Saddle-Tree] Now, welcome, welcome, masters mine, 48855




About:
Adam Lindsay Gordon was an Australian poet, jockey and politician.


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