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'Romance'

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The long-vanished past is briefly reconfigured in this sad and poignant poem. It allows us a fleeting glimpse of what has (or may have) been, even though we find ourselves standing in the waking world â€œUnder blue skies in a fair land.â€…

Tags: â€˜Creeve Roeâ€™, Alice Werner (1859-1935), castle, chivalry, Gothic medievalism, knight, L. D. (1859-1935), Lucia Di Valle Rojana (1859-1935), melancholia, poetry, romance, tournament, Victor Daley (1858-1905)

The King I, Poem by Henry Lawson

It is likely Henry Lawson (1867-1922), one of Australia's most famous poets, and a symbol for the Australian Nationalism Movement, wrote this poem about the death of King Edward VII 1901 - 1910, who reigned for 10 years. Lawson portrays the King as a…

Tags: Australian, Australian Nationalism Movement, Australian poetry, bush poet, bush poetry, Henry Lawson, kingship, masculinity, nationalism, poem, poet, poetry

"The Old Squire Sir William rode to Virland," Henry Lawson

Henry Lawson (1867-1922), one of Australia's most famous poets, and a symbol for the Australian Nationalism Movement.

Tags: Australian, Australian Nationalism, Australian poetry, bush poem, bush poet, bush poetry, Henry Lawson, nationalism, Nationalism Movement, poem, poet, poetry, Sir William rode to Virland

Queen Hilda of Virland, poem by Henry Lawson

Henry Lawson (1867-1922), one of Australia's most famous poets, and a symbol for the Australian Nationalism Movement, wrote this poem in 1910 (MS). The meaning is unclear but Lawson writes of a mythical kingdom of Virland. It could be an allegory of…

Tags: Australian, Australian Nationalism, Australian Nationalism Movement, Australian poetry, bush, bush poem, bush poet, bush poetry, Henry Lawson, Jules Verne, nationalism, poem, poet, poetry, Queen Hilda of Virland

Our Mistress and our Queen, poem by Henry Lawson

Henry Lawson (1867-1922), one of Australia's most famous poets, and a symbol for the Australian Nationalism Movement, protests against what he sees as the forced allegiance to the monarchy and the bloodshed of war in the name of the monarch.

Tags: Australian, Australian Nationalism Movement, Australian poet, Australian poetry, bush, bush poem, bush poet, bush poetry, estates satire, Henry Lawson, Monarchy satire, nationalism, poem, poet, poetry, satire

When I was King, poem by Henry Lawson

Henry Lawson (1867-1922) is one of Australia's most famous poets, and can be regarded as a symbol for the Australian Nationalism Movement.

Tags: Australian, Australian Nationalism Movement, Australian poet, Australian poetry, bush, bush poem, bush poet, estates satire, Henry Lawson, Monarchy satire, nationalism, poem, poet, poetry, satire

Medieval in the Modern World

A second and third year undergraduate unit taught at The University of Western Australia. The unit was created by Andrew Lynch and features novels, poetry and film from the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries that reinterpreted medieval…

â€˜â€˜Thingless Namesâ€™? The St George Legend in Australiaâ€™

‘‘Thingless Names’? The St George Legend in Australia’ is an article by Andrew Lynch from The University of Western Australia. It appeared in the La Trobe Journal (No. 81, pp. 40-52) in Autumn 2008. The article briefly…

Tags: â€˜â€˜Thingless Namesâ€™? The St George Legend in Australiaâ€™, Andrew Lynch, article, Beer, commercial, dragon, La Trobe Journal, Perth, poetry, rugby, St George, St George Illawarra Dragons, St Georgeâ€™s Cathedral, stained glass windows, statue, The University of Western Australia.

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