A collection of poems by Australian poet Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson, picturesque glimpses into life in the Bush.
Selective Bibliography of the Published Works of A.B. Paterson The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses. Sydney and London: Angus & Robertson and Young J. Pentland, 1895. Rio Grande's Last Race and Other Verses.
The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses (1895) is the first collection of poems by Australian poet Banjo Paterson.
This Souvenir edition was reproduced to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first publication.
And the Snowy River riders on the mountains make their home, Where the river runs those giant hills between; I have seen full many horsemen since I first commenced to roam, But nowhere yet such horsemen have I seen.
These small-format books were originally published in 1914 as ‘pocket editions for the trenches’, designed for soldiers to slip into their back pockets and carry with them through their war days.
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Some of the verses, as a note from Paterson points out, had never been published prior to the Pocket Edition edition, which made it an especially exciting publishing event for a war-shocked public.
Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson (1864 - 1941) was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author.He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life, focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas.Paterson's more notable poems ...
But the man from Snowy River let the pony have his head, And he swung his stockwhip round and gave a cheer, And he raced him down the mountain like a torrent down its bed, While the others stood and watched in very fear.
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About the Book Books about Australian and New Zealand poetry in date mainly from the 19th and 20th centuries, after the European colonisation, although there was a pre-existing tradition of sung Maori poetry in New Zealand.
The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses (1895) is the first collection of poems by Australian poet Banjo Paterson.