Welcome Guest ( Log In | Register )

IPB
> Heny Lawson, Australian Bush Poet
Arnfinn
post Nov 5 05, 05:51
Post #1


Creative Chieftain
Group Icon

Group: Centurion
Posts: 2,587
Joined: 9-August 03
From: Australia
Member No.: 17
Real Name: John
Writer of: Poetry



The Separation


Henry Lawson was born in a tent on the Grenfell goldfields in 1867. His father was a Norse sailor who became a digger; his mother came of a Kentish family of gypsy blood and tradition. Henry spent his boy hood on old mining fields, and on a selection his father had taken up. Later, he came to Sydney and learned coach-painting, attended night school and was caught up in the wave of socialism. In 1884, at the age of seventeen, his poetry was published in the Bulletin a Sydney publication. He died an alcoholic in a convalescent hospital in 1922. The Prime Minister afforded him a state funeral in recognition of his literary genius.


The Separation

We knew too little of the world,
And you and I were good—
But paltry bickerings wrecked our lives
As well I knew they would.
The people said our love was dead,
But how were they to know?
Ah! Had we loved each other less
We’d not have quarrelled so.

We knew too little of the world,
And you and I were kind,
We listened to what others said
And both of us were blind.
The people said `twas selfishness,
But how were they to know?
Ah! Had we both been selfish then
We’d not have parted so.

But still, when all seems lost on earth
Then heaven sets a sign—
Kneel down beside your lonely bed,
And I will kneel by mine,
And let us pray for happy days—
Like those of long ago.
Ah! had we knelt together once
We’d not have parted so.


·······IPB·······

Arnfinn

Nominate a poem for the InterBoard Poetry Competition by taking into careful consideration those poems you feel would best represent Mosaic Musings. For details, click into the IBPC nomination forum. Did that poem just captivate you? Nominate it for the Faery award today! If perfection of form allured your muse, propose the Crown Jewels award. For more details, click here!

MM Award Winner
 
+Quote Post  Go to the top of the page


1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:

Reply to this topicStart new topic

 

RSS Lo-Fi Version Time is now: 28th March 2024 - 10:01




Read our FLYERS - click below



Reference links provided to aid in fine-tuning your writings. ENJOY!

more Quotes
more Art Quotes
Dictionary.com ~ Thesaurus.com

Search:
for
Type in a word below to find its rhymes, synonyms, and more:

Word: