The Australian and Other Verses

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The Australian and Other Verses
Author Will H. Ogilvie
CountryAustralia
Language English
GenrePoetry collection
Publisher Angus and Robertson
Publication date
 1916
Media typePrint
Pages174 pp
Preceded byGray Horses 
Followed byGalloping Shoes: Hunting and Polo Poems 

The Australian and Other Verses is a collection of poetry by the Scottish-Australian writer Will H. Ogilvie, published by Angus and Robertson, in 1916. [1] The collection includes two illustrated plates by Hal Gye. [1]

Contents

The collection consists of 81 poems from a variety of sources. [1] The first edition notes: "The verses from which this volume takes its title — The Australian — first appeared in London Punch. Other pieces have appeared in the Spectator, Bulletin, Lone Hand, Pall Mall Magazine, Glasgow Herald, Westminster Gazette, British Australasian and Scotsman. My thanks are due to the Proprietors for permission to reprint."

Dedication

Contents

Critical reception

A writer in The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) noted: "Many Australians who admire Will Oglivie's lilting ballads of the fair girls and brave horses of the bush will be glad to have another volume from him. The Australian and Other Verses contains a number of tributes to, the bushman and the horse, besides some tender poems of children and some stirring lines evoked by the war. The best of the war verses is that which gives its name to the book." [2]

The reviewer of the collection in The Sydney Morning Herald admired the book: "Not all the contents of The Australian, Mr. Will Ogilvie's latest volume of poems, are new. Some of the best verses, such as 'The Riding Camel,' 'The Team Bullock,' and 'The Outlaw,' were published in a collection that appeared three or four years ago. Of the rest the most effective are those inspired by the war. Mr. Ogilvie's Scottish ancestry and his Australian associations make him single out for special attention the Highlanders and the Anzacs, and he celebrates their martial exploits in stirring, spirited strains, which. If they are not perhaps the rarified essence of poetry, are, at any rate, excellent verse." [3]

Publication history

After the initial publication of the collection by Angus and Robertson in 1916, [4] it was reissued as follows:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Austlit — The Australian and Other Verses by Will H. Ogilvie". Austlit. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  2. ↑ ""New poems by Will Ogilvie"". The Daily Telegraph, 7 October 1916, p6. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  3. ↑ ""Australian Verse"". The Sydney Morning Herald, 7 October 1916, p8. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "The Australian and Other Verses (A&R 1916)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  5. ↑ "The Australian and Other Verses (A&R 1982)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  6. ↑ "The Australian and Other Verses (A&R 2018)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  7. ↑ ""The Australian and Other Verses"". Internet Archive. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
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