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I've had my share of pastime, and I've done my share of toil,
And life is short.

Adam Lindsay Gordon

A little season of love and laughter,
Of light and life, and pleasure and pain,
And a horror of outer darkness after,
And dust returneth to dust again.

Adam Lindsay Gordon

Life is mostly froth and bubble;
Two things stand like stone,
Kindness in another's trouble,
Courage in your own.

Adam Lindsay Gordon

I would that with sleepy, soft embraces The sea would fold mewould find me rest In luminous shades of her secret places, In depths where her marvels are manifest; So the earth beneath her should not discover My hidden couchnor the heaven above her As a strong love shielding a weary lover, I would have her shield me with shining breast.

Adam Lindsay Gordon

In a thousand years we shall all forget The things that trouble us now.

Adam Lindsay Gordon

Adam Lindsay Gordon

Adam Lindsay Gordon

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Born: October 19, 1833

Died: June 24, 1870 (aged 36)

Bio: Adam Lindsay Gordon was an Australian poet, jockey and politician.

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The Poems of Adam Lindsay Gordon
Ashtaroth (1867)
The Poetical Works of Adam Lindsay Gordon
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