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Francis William Lauderdale Adams

27 September 1862 – 4 September 1893


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Poem TitleFirst LinesPeriod# Lines# Reads
1: A Death At Sea. (Coral Sea, Australia.) Dead in the sheep-pen he lies, 40322
2: A Fool. (Brisbane). He asked me of my friend - "a clever man; 99247
3: A Glimpse Of China. "Caste." These Chinese toil and yet they do not starve, 8271
4: A Glimpse Of China. In A Chair. From the bright and blinding sunshine, 28269
5: A Glimpse Of China. In A Sampan. Up in the misty morning, 8270
6: A Glimpse Of China. Over The Samovar. {69A} Yes, I used always to think 32282
7: A Mahommadan Ship Fireman. Up from the oven pit, 8263
8: A South-Sea Islander. Aloll in the warm clear water, 12273
9: A Story. (For The Irish Delegates In Australia.) Do you want to hear a story 54262
10: A Street Fight. (To Mr F - - .) {38} Sir, we approve your curling lip and nose 12254
11: A Visitor In The Camp. To Mary Robinson. {27} What, are you lost, my pretty little lady? 14273
12: Algernon Charles Swinburne. Shrieks out of smoke, a flame of dung-straw fire 28270
13: An "Assassin." They caught them at the bend. He and his son 30286
14: Analogy. (To D - - L - - .) Had you lived when a tyrant king 18256
15: Anarchism. Tis not when I am here, 16260
16: Art. Yes, let Art go, if it must be 20289
17: Art. Yes, let Art go, if it must be 20302
18: At The India Docks. A Memory Of August, 1883. I stood in the ghastly gleaming night by the swollen, sullen flow 81274
19: At The Seamen's Union. {84} "The Seamen And The Miners." One rises now and speaks: "The Cause is one - 20310
20: Australia. I see a land of desperate droughts and floods: 15243
21: Aux Ternes. {46} (Paris.) Up and down, up and down, 52250
22: Axiom. Let him who toils, enjoy 8293
23: Belgravia By Night. "Move On!" The foxes have holes, 10255
24: Dai Butsu. {70} He sits. Upon the kingly head doth rest 14259
25: Defeat? Who is it speaks of defeat? - 12255
26: Dirge. (Brisbane.) "A Little Soldier Of The Army Of The Night." Bury him without a word! 20292
27: Drill. When day's hard task's done, 28259
28: Dublin At Dawn. In the chill grey summer dawn-light 48269
29: Elsie: A Memory. Little elfin maid, 16237
30: England. Where'er I go in this dense East, 8254
31: England. In The Camp. This is a leader's tent. "Who gathers here?" 24260
32: Epode. "On The Ranges, Queensland." Beyond the night, down o'er the labouring East, 53268
33: Evening Hymn In The Hovels. We sow the fertile seed and then we reap it; 20244
34: Farewell To The Children. In the early summer morning 64286
35: Farewell To The Market. "Susannah And Mary-Jane." Two little darlings alone, 52240
36: Father Abe. O we knew so well, dear Father, 40274
37: From A Verandah. (Sydney.) "Armageddon." O city lapped in sun and Sabbath rest, 12254
38: Hagar. She went along the road, 20262
39: Happy Valley." {66} There is a valley green that lies 12291
40: Henry George. (Melbourne.) I came to buy a book. It was a shop 51240
41: Her Poem: "My Baby Girl, That Was Born And Died On The Same Day." Ah, with torn heart I see them still, 16264
42: Holy Russia. Crouched in the terrible land, 42271
43: Hong-Kong Lyrics. At anchor in that harbour of the island, 56255
44: In An East End Hovel. To A Workman, A Would-Be Suicide. Man of despair and death, 31288
45: In The Edgware Road. (To Lord L - - .) Will you not buy? She asks you, my lord, you 25265
46: In The Pit. "Chant Of The Firemen." This is the steamer's pit. 20243
47: In The Street. Lord - - . You have done well, we say it. You are dead, 14294
48: In Trafalgar Square. The stars shone faint through the smoky blue; 20274
49: Ireland. O we have loved you through cold and rain 18307
50: Jesus. Where is poor Jesus gone? 16258
51: Labour - Capital - Land. In that rich archipelago of sea 18280
52: Liberty! Liberty!" Is that the cry, then? 36280
53: Lord Leitrim. My Lord, at last you have it! Now we know 7264
54: Mount Rennie. (The Time-Spirit speaks.) Poor lads! And you for others' wrongs and sins 12273
55: Mount Rennie." {95} Kill them! Yes, hang them all! 44230
56: Nationalism And M'Ilwraith! The Queensland Elections Cry, 1888. Australia listened! Through the brawling game 28263
57: New Guinea "Converts." I saw them as they were born, 32236
58: One Among So Many. In a dark street she met and spoke to me, 49300
59: Parallels For The Pious. He holds a pistol to my head, 16291
60: Pere-La-Chaise. {45} (Paris.) I stood in Pere-la-Chaise. The putrid city, 16269
61: Prayer. This is what I pray 12261
62: Proem. "Outside London." In the black night, along the mud-deep roads, 18281
63: Song Of The Dispossessed. "To Jesus." Be with us by day, by night, 20334
64: The Answer. Men and boys, O fathers, brothers, 36294
65: The Australian Flag. Pure blue flag of heaven 16254
66: The Caged Eagle. I went the other day 16267
67: The Fisherman. (Mindanao, Philippines.) In the dark waveless sea, 12245
68: The Man Of The Nation. Yonder the band is playing 24273
69: The New Locksley Hall. "Forty Years After." Comrade, yet a little further I would go before the night 121259
70: The Outcasts. (Melbourne.) Here to the parks they come, 8262
71: The Peasants' Revolt. {35} Thro' the mists of years, 40305
72: The Truth. Come then, let us at least know what's the truth. 24330
73: To An Old Friend In England. "Esau." Was it for nothing in the years gone by, 18216
74: To An Unionist. If you only knew 49248
75: To Charles Parnell. One thing we praise you for that is past praise - 14249
76: To E. L. Zox. {89} (Melbourne.) We thank you for a noble work well done. 12279
77: To Edith. My sweet, my child, through all this night 12295
78: To England. There was a time when all thy sons were proud 74272
79: To Henry George In America. Not for the thought that burns on keen and clear, 14270
80: To His Love. Teach me, love, to be true; 12260
81: To India. O India, India, O my lovely land - 14287
82: To Japan. Simple you were, and good. No kindlier heart 14265
83: To John Ruskin. (After Reading His "Modern Painters.") Yes, you do well to mock us, you 52201
84: To My Friend Sydney Jephcott, With A Copy Of My "Poetical Works." Take with all my heart, friend, this, 10240
85: To Queen Victoria In England. An Address On Her Jubilee Year. Madam, you have done well! Let others with praise unholy, 48289
86: To The Artists. You tell me these great lords have raised up Art: 36294
87: To The Christians. Take, then, your paltry Christ, 12273
88: To The Emperor William. You are at least a man, of men a king. 14254
89: To The Emperor William. Son of a Man and grandson of a Man, 14275
90: To The Girls Of The Unions. Girls, we love you, and love 20259
91: To The Sons Of Labour. Grave this deep in your hearts, 45234
92: Tyranny. (Melbourne.) Tyranny'? Yes, that's it! 20311
93: Upstarts. What? do you say that we, the toilers - the slaves - 12279
94: Victoria To James Moorhouse, {76} He came, a stranger, and we gave him welcome 25286
95: Why! Why is it we toil so 28295
96: William Wallace. This is Scotch William Wallace. It was he 12267




About:
Francis William Lauderdale Adams was an essayist, poet, dramatist, novelist and journalist who produced a large volume of work in his short life.


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