PDF⋙ The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses (Classic Reprint) by A. B. Paterson
The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses (Classic Reprint) by A. B. Paterson The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses (Classic Reprint) by A. B. Paterson PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad It is not so easy to write ballads descriptive of the bushland of Australia as on light consideration would appear. Reasonably good verse on the subject has been supplied in sufficient quantity. But the maker of folksongs for our newborn nation requires a somewhat rare combination of gifts and experiences. Dowered with the poets heart, he must yet have passed his lwander-jdhre amid the stern solitude of the Austral waste must have ridden the race in the back-block township, guided the reckless stock-horse adown the mountain spur, and followed the night-long moving, spectral-seeming herd in the droving days. A mid such scarce congenial surroundings comes oft that finer sense which renders visible bright gleams of humour, pathos, and romance, which, like undiscovered gold, await the fortunate adventurer. That ...
