Bartlett Adamson

George Ernest "Bartlett" Adamson (22 December 1884 – 4 November 1951) was an Australian journalist, poet, author and political activist.

• She trips along the street, a flashing wonder,
  Dazzling enigma! Courtesan or maid?
  Temple of chastity, or hall of trade?
  An angel-presence, or a soul of plunder
  Casting the doors of sanctitude asunder?
  A beauteousness, by love and laughter swayed,
  Or death in immemorial masquerade?
  A dainty dawn-song, or a snarl of thunder?
  • "Brain Brats: Alternatives", in The Australian Mercury, vol. 1, no. 1 (July 1935) p. 79

• And Anzac now is an enchanted shore;
  A tragic splendor, and a holy name;
  A deed eternity will still acclaim;
  A loss that crowns the victories of yore;
  A glittering golden dome for evermore
  Shining above the minarets of fame.
  • "Anzac", in S. M. Coupe, W. P. Driscoll and E. S. Elphick (eds.) Search for Identity (1974) p. 108

• The workers of Kembla, those leaders of men,
  Those leaders of deed as in thought.
  They challenged the might of the pound and the yen,
  And there at the 'Delfram' they fought
  The cause of the Chinese distraught.
  And still marching onward,
  With gaze lifted sunward,
  The call of Eureka is caught.
  Democracy thrills at that message of yore,
  The vow of Eureka has echoed once more.
  • "The Oath of Eureka", in Geoffrey Gold (ed.) Eureka (1977) p. 99

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