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Andy's Gone With Cattle
''Andy's Gone With Cattle'' is a poem by Australian writer and poet Henry Lawson. It was first published in ''The Australian Town & Country Journal'' on 13 October 1888. The "Andy" of this poem re-appeared in a sequel, " Andy's Return", which was published in the same journal some six weeks later. Critical reception ''The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature'' states: "he poemlaments the departure of a member of a selection family to go overlanding cattle."''The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature'', 2nd edition, p31 Trivia * Some of the best-known lines in the poem were revisions of Lawson's originals by David McKee Wright when the poem was being prepared for publication in Lawson's ''Selected Poems'' in 1918. * The "Andy" of this poem is not the same "Andy" as described in Lawson's poem "Middleton's Rouseabout". Further publications * '' In the Days When the World was Wide and Other Verses'' by Henry Lawson (1896) * ''An Anthology of Australian Verse'' edited b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Lawson
Henry Archibald Hertzberg Lawson (17 June 1867 – 2 September 1922) was an Australian writer and bush poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period and is often called Australia's "greatest short story writer". A vocal nationalist and republican, Lawson regularly contributed to '' The Bulletin'', and many of his works helped popularise the Australian vernacular in fiction. He wrote prolifically into the 1890s, after which his output declined, in part due to struggles with alcoholism and mental illness. At times destitute, he spent periods in Darlinghurst Gaol and psychiatric institutions. After he died in 1922 following a cerebral haemorrhage, Lawson became the first Australian writer to be granted a state funeral. He was the son of the poet, publisher and feminist Louisa Lawson. Family and early life Henry Lawson was born 17 June 1867 in a town on the Grenfell goldfields of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy's Return
"Couples Discount" is the fifteenth episode of the ninth season of the American comedy television series '' The Office'' and the 191st episode overall. It originally aired on NBC on February 7, 2013. The episode features return guest appearances from Melora Hardin, Andy Buckley, and Chris Diamantopoulos. The series— presented as if it were a real documentary—depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. In the episode, the office pairs into couples so that they may all be able to take advantage of a Valentine's Day discount at a mini-mall. After Andy Bernard (Ed Helms) returns from his boat trip, Erin Hannon (Ellie Kemper) decides that she is going to break up with him so that she can be with Pete Miller (Jake Lacy), but Pete begins to doubt her. Meanwhile, Pam Beesly, Pam Halpert (Jenna Fischer) and Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) share lunch with List of The Office (American TV series) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
