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Issue Details: First known date: 1867... 1867 Sea Spray and Smoke Drift
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:George Robertson , 1867 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Podas Okusi"Am I waking? Was I sleeping?", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 1-9)
Gonei"In Collins Street standeth a statue tall,", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 10-13)
Unshriveni"Oh! the sun rose on the lea, and the bird sang merrilie,", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 14-16)
Ye Wearie Wayfarer : Hys Ballad : In Eight Fyttes, Adam Lindsay Gordon , sequence poetry (p. 17-55)
Borrow'd Plumes, Adam Lindsay Gordon , sequence poetry (p. 56-57)
Pastor Cumi"When he, that shepherd false, 'neath Phrygian sails,", Quintus Horatius Flaccus , Adam Lindsay Gordon (translator), single work poetry (p. 58-59)
A Legend of Madridi"Crush't and thron'd are all the places", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry drama (p. 60-66)
Fauconshawe : A Balladi"To fetch clear water out of the spring", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 67-75)
Rippling Wateri"The maiden sat by the river side,", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 76-79)
Cui Bonoi"Oh! wind that whistles o'er thorns and thistles,", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 80-82)
Bellonai"Thou art moulded in marble impassive,", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 83-86)
The Song of the Surfi"White steeds of ocean, that leap with a hollow and wearisome roar", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 87-88)
"Oh, gaily sings the bird, and the wattle-boughs are stirr'd" Whisperings in Wattle-Boughsi"Oh, gaily sings the bird! and the wattle-boughs are stirred", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 89-90)
Confiteor, Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 91-95)
Sunlight on the Sea (the Philosophy of a Feast)i"Make merry, comrades, eat and drink,", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 96-100)
Delilah (from a Picture)i"The sun has gone down, spreading wide on", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 101-104)
From Lightning and Tempesti"The spring-wind pass'd through the forest, and whispered low in the leaves,", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 105-106)
Wormwood and Nightshadei"The troubles of life are many,", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 107-113)
Ars Longa (a Song of Pilgrimage)i"Our hopes are wild imaginings,", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 114-117)
The Last Leapi"All is over! fleet career,", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 118-120)
* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Lothian , 1909 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Podas Okusi"Am I waking? Was I sleeping?", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 1-7)
Gonei"In Collins Street standeth a statue tall,", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 8-10)
Unshriveni"Oh! the sun rose on the lea, and the bird sang merrilie,", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 11-12)
Ye Wearie Wayfarer : Hys Ballad : In Eight Fyttes, Adam Lindsay Gordon , sequence poetry (p. 13-40)
Bush Delights By Wood and Woldi"Lightly the breath of the spring wind blows,", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 15)
By Flood and Field : A Legend of the Cottiswoldi"I remember the lowering wintry morn,", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 16-18)
Zu der Edlen Jagd : A Treatise on Trees -- Vine-Tree Versus Saddle-Treei"I remember some words my father said,", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 19-20)
In Utrumque Paratus : A Logical Discussioni"There's a formula which the west country clowns", single work poetry (p. 21-24)
Lex Talionis : A Moral Discoursei"To beasts of the field, and fowls of the air,", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 25-27)
Potter's Clay : An Allegorical Interludei"Though the pitcher that goes to the sparkling rill", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 28)
Cito Pede Preterit Aetas : A Philosophical Dissertationi"A mellower light doth Sol afford,", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 29-33)
Finis Exoptatus : A Metaphysical Songi"Boot and saddle, see the slanting", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 34-40)
Borrow'd Plumes, Adam Lindsay Gordon , sequence poetry (p. 41)
Prologuei"Of borrow'd plumes I take the sin,", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 41)
Epiloguei"And now that my theft stands detected,", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 41)
Pastor Cumi"When he, that shepherd false, 'neath Phrygian sails,", Quintus Horatius Flaccus , Adam Lindsay Gordon (translator), single work poetry (p. 42-43)
A Legend of Madridi"Crush't and thron'd are all the places", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry drama (p. 44-48)
Fauconshawe : A Balladi"To fetch clear water out of the spring", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 49-55)
Rippling Wateri"The maiden sat by the river side,", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 56-58)
Cui Bonoi"Oh! wind that whistles o'er thorns and thistles,", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 59-60)

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'Gothic Splendours'? : Recent Tasmanian Historical Fiction Peter Pierce , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: Island , no. 142 2015; (p. 20-26)
Peter Pierce investigates recent 'Gothic' historical fiction set in Tasmania.
Excavating the Borders of Literary Anglo-Saxonism in Nineteenth-Century Britain and Australia Chris Jones , Louise D'Arcens , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Representations , Winter vol. 121 no. 1 2013; (p. 85-106)

'Comparing nineteenth-century British and Australian Anglo-Saxonist literature enables a “decentered” exploration of Anglo-Saxonism’s intersections with national, imperial, and colonial discourses, challenging assumptions that this discourse was an uncritical vehicle of English nationalism and British manifest destiny. Far from reflecting a stable imperial center, evocations of “ancient Englishness” in British literature were polyvalent and self-contesting, while in Australian literature they offered a response to colonization and emerging knowledge about the vast age of Indigenous Australian cultures.' (Authors abstract)

Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833-1870) Isidoro Castellanos Vega , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Hontanar , December no. 93 2006; (p. 4-5)
y separately published work icon That Shining Band : A Study of Australian Colonial Verse Tradition Michael Ackland , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1994 Z463297 1994 single work criticism Rejecting the apparently common perception that Australia's national identity was first expressed in verse by the balladists of the 1890s, Ackland explores the thematic developments of early colonial poets, both men and women, whose place in Australia's literary history he believes to have been largely undervalued.
A Martial Code : Meditation and Action in the Verse of Adam Lindsay Gordon Michael Ackland , 1993 single work criticism biography autobiography
— Appears in: Westerly , Winter vol. 38 no. 2 1993; (p. 53-65)
Ackland finds "intellectual resonances" in Gordon's poetry that produce an "unsuspected degree of conceptual unity". Ackland argues that "Gordon's poetry reveals not a disjunction between darkly meditative and healthy action poetry, but an ongoing and unavailing endeavour to find new grounds for individual affirmation".
Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833-1870) Isidoro Castellanos Vega , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Hontanar , December no. 93 2006; (p. 4-5)
A Martial Code : Meditation and Action in the Verse of Adam Lindsay Gordon Michael Ackland , 1993 single work criticism biography autobiography
— Appears in: Westerly , Winter vol. 38 no. 2 1993; (p. 53-65)
Ackland finds "intellectual resonances" in Gordon's poetry that produce an "unsuspected degree of conceptual unity". Ackland argues that "Gordon's poetry reveals not a disjunction between darkly meditative and healthy action poetry, but an ongoing and unavailing endeavour to find new grounds for individual affirmation".
Adam Lindsay Gordon : A Memoir Alexander Sutherland , 1883 single work biography
— Appears in: Melbourne Review , October vol. 8 no. 32 1883; (p. 424-427)
Lindsay Gordon in Ballarat Edward Dyson , 1922 single work biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 12 January vol. 43 no. 2187 1922; (p. 2)
Sea Spray and Smoke Drift : Preface Marcus Clarke , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Penguin Book of 19th Century Australian Literature 1993; (p. 43-46) Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature 2009; (p. 188-191)
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