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Various. The Poetry of South Africa
The Poetry of South Africa
Table of Contents
PREFACE
“THE SMOUSE.”
POEMS
THE EMIGRANTS
THE BECHUANA BOY
AFAR IN THE DESERT
EVENING RAMBLES
THE LION HUNT
THE LION AND THE GIRAFFE
THE DESOLATE VALLEY
THE CORANNA
SONG OF THE WILD BUSHMAN
THE CAPTIVE OF CAMALÚ
THE BROWN HUNTER’S SONG
THE BUSHMAN
THE CAPE OF STORMS
THE HOTTENTOT
THE CAFFER
THE GHONA WIDOW’S LULLABY
THE KOSA
MAKANNA’S GATHERING
THE INCANTATION
THE CAFFER COMMANDO
THE ROCK OF RECONCILEMENT
THE FORESTER OF THE NEUTRAL GROUND. A SOUTH AFRICAN BORDER BALLAD
THE EMIGRANT’S CABIN AT THE CAPE. AN EPISTLE IN RHYME
THE VOLUNTEERS OF ENGLAND. BY A COLONIST
“THE DEAR OLD LAND.”
THE FUNERAL IN THE ABBEY
A FAREWELL TO ENGLISH FRIENDS
A MISSIONARY’S LAST FAREWELL TO ENGLAND
A REMINISCENCE OF 1820
PAST AND PRESENT
A SOUTH AFRICAN WILDERNESS
A SUNRISE THOUGHT AT “COVE ROCK.”
AN OCEAN SUNSET
A SIGHT FROM THE SHORE
THE THUNDERSTORM AT BATHURST
A MORNING WISH FOR A FRIEND
A NIGHT THOUGHT
THE LITTLE SHELL AT COVE ROCK
A TRIBUTE OF SYMPATHY TO THE DEFENDERS OF GLEN LYNDEN
THE COLOURS OF THE FIRST 24TH. RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO THE SURVIVING OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE REGIMENT
OUR BOYS
IN THE DROUGHT LANDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. THE RAIN
THE LANDING OF THE BRITISH SETTLERS OF 1820. (Written on occasion of the celebration of the Settlers’ Jubilee in Grahamstown, in 1870.)
IN THE COUNTRY OF MANKORAAN. (NORTH OF THE VAAL RIVER, DECEMBER, 1882.)
DRINK
SOUTH AFRICA REDIVIVA
THE BEAUTFUL ISLAND OF DREAMS
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
GOOD HOPE
ODE. (From Horace.—Lib. ii. Od. 18.)
AFTER A STORM
AMMAP AND GRIET. A LEGEND OF THE ’NOSOP
SONNETS OF THE CAPE
I. GOVERNMENT GARDENS, CAPE TOWN
II. NIGHT
THE FADED PHOTOGRAPH. TO MY FRIEND, DAVID C——, BATH, SOMERSETSHIRE
EVELEEN
FAREWELL TO MADEIRA
FAREWELL TO FIFTY-FIVE
“LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT.”
“SHOULD IT BE ACCORDING TO THY MIND.” (Job xxxiv 33.)
TO GRAAFF REINET
HYMN. WRITTEN DURING THE ZULU WAR
THE LAMENT. OF THE GUTTER LATELY FILLED UP BY AN UNPOETICAL MUNICIPALITY
MY “SALTED” STEED
A ROMANCE FROM THE FIELDS. A COLONIAL BALLAD
THE FLIGHT OF THE AMAKOSA. A RIFLE CORPS LEGEND
AN IDYL OF A PRINCE. (NOT AFTER TENNYSON.)
MORAL
A CHRISTMAS APPARITION. A BIL-IOUS LEGEND
MORAL
FREEDOM’S HOME
THE GALLANT “TEUTON.”
THE SUNNY HILLS OF AFRICA
THE SOUTHERN CROSS. AN ODE
HON. WILLIAM PORTER, C.M.G. AN ELEGY
ODE ON THE BRITISH SETTLERS’ YEAR OF JUBILEE. NAM QUI HŒC DICUNT, PALAM OSTENDUNT SE PATRIAM QUŒRERE
DIVES REDIVIVUS
THE BURGHERS’ GATHERING
STORM IN TUGELA VALLEY, NATAL
THE NATAL GOLD DIGGINGS. TO GREENHORNS
NATURE. A DAY ON THE HILLS, IN NATAL
CONTENTMENT. FOR MY MOTHER
NOT HERE
REVELATION XXII. VERSIFIED
EZEKIEL XLVII. 1–12
CHANGE
HEAVENLY FRIENDSHIP
LINES WRITTEN IN AN ALBUM
THE DEFENCE OF RORKE’S DRIFT. JANUARY 22–23, 1879
“RORKE’S DRIFT.” JANUARY 22, 1879
BEFORE ULUNDI
THE BARON’S ADVENTURE. (A FACT.)
SOUTH AFRICAN COURTSHIP
THE BETTER LAND. AFTER SHEMANS
“DOLLY.” A REMEMBRANCE
GOING HOME. FROM THE TRANSVAAL TO ENGLAND
THE OXFORD BIBLE. ON WORN-OUT SAILS BEING USED AS MATERIAL FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER ON WHICH BIBLES ARE PRINTED
THE LAST MISSION OF THE SAILS
THE WORN-OUT SAILS
IN MEMORIAM
EPITAPH ON A DIAMOND DIGGER
AFRIC’S GREETING TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS ALEXANDRA, PRINCESS OF WALES, ON HER WEDDING DAY, MARCH 10, 1863
ROBERT GODLINTON
THE DIAMOND DIGGER. ON FINDING HIS FIRST LARGE DIAMOND. (From the drama “I. D. B.”)
THE LAST OF THE BOWKERS. A DIRGE
THE DRUNKARD’S CHILD. FOUNDED ON ONE OF J. B. GOUGH’S THRILLING ANECDOTES
THE ANGEL’S MESSAGE
THE “CHURL” OF THE PERIOD; AND ANOTHER. A LEGEND OF THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
The Churl
Another
Moral
WELCOME
PRECEPTS FOR YOUNG AND OLD
BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER
PADDY’S LOVE SYMPTOMS. FOR MUSIC
PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY OF HUMBUG
PLATTEKLIP CASCADE
THE PORT ELIZABETH PYRAMID
“IN MEMORIAM.” THE REV. R. TEMPLETON, WHO DIED IN THE ZUURBERG FOREST, JANUARY 1886
“LORD! WHAT IS MAN THAT THOU ART MINDFUL OF HIM!”
THE RHYME OF THE OX-WAGON. (A MODEST PENDANT TO PRINGLE’S “AFAR IN THE DESERT.”)
THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. A PATRIOTIC SONG
THE ERYTHRINA TREE. A CAROL OF THE WOODS
