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Sea Spray And Smoke Drift
''Sea Spray and Smoke Drift'' (1867) is the first collection of poems by Australian poet Adam Lindsay Gordon. It was released in hardback by George Robertson in 1867. The collection includes 27 poems by the author that are reprinted from various sources. Contents * "Podas Okus" * "Gone" * "Unshaven" * "Ye Wearie Wayfarer" * "Borrow'd Plumes" * "Pastor Cum" * "A Legend of Madrid" * "Fauconshawe" * "Rippling Water" * "Cui Bono" * "Bellona" * "The Song of the Surf" * "Whisperings in Wattle Boughs" * "Confiteor" * "Sunlight on the Sea" * "Delilah" * "From Lightning and Tempest" * "Wormwood and Nightshade" * "Ars Longa" * "The Last Leap" * "Quare Fatigasti" * Hippodromania ** " Visions in the Smoke" ** "The Fields of Coleraine" ** "Craedat Judaeus Apella" ** "Banker's Dream" ** "Ex Fumo Dare Lucem" * "The Roll of the Kettledrum; or, The Lay of the Last Charger" Critical reception Reviewing a reissue of the collection in 1909 ''The Australasian'' found: "If Gordon is the poet of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sea Spray And Smoke Drift (IA Seaspraysmokedri00gord)
The sea, connected as the world ocean or simply the ocean, is the body of salty water that covers approximately 71% of the Earth's surface. The word sea is also used to denote second-order sections of the sea, such as the Mediterranean Sea, as well as certain large, entirely landlocked, saltwater lakes, such as the Caspian Sea. The sea moderates Earth's climate and has important roles in the water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles. Humans harnessing and studying the sea have been recorded since ancient times, and evidenced well into prehistory, while its modern scientific study is called oceanography. The most abundant solid dissolved in seawater is sodium chloride. The water also contains salts of magnesium, calcium, potassium, and mercury, amongst many other elements, some in minute concentrations. Salinity varies widely, being lower near the surface and the mouths of large rivers and higher in the depths of the ocean; however, the relative proportions of dissolve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
