The Fire at Ross's Farm single work   poetry   "The squatter saw his pastures wide"
  • Author:agent Henry Lawson http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/lawson-henry
Issue Details: First known date: 1890... 1890 The Fire at Ross's Farm
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A Crash Course in Climate Literacy Brian Matthews , 2018 single work column
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 21 October vol. 28 no. 21 2018;

'In the old days, the balladists and poets recorded fire, flood and drought. Fire was dramatic, swift and very dangerous. In Henry Lawson's 'The Fire at Ross's Farm', the blaze 'leapt across the flowing streams/ And raced o'er pastures broad/ It climbed the trees and lit the boughs/ And through the scrubs it roared. / The bees fell stifled in the smoke/ Or perished in their hives,/ And with the stock the kangaroos/ Went flying for their lives.'' (Introduction)

A Crash Course in Climate Literacy Brian Matthews , 2018 single work column
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 21 October vol. 28 no. 21 2018;

'In the old days, the balladists and poets recorded fire, flood and drought. Fire was dramatic, swift and very dangerous. In Henry Lawson's 'The Fire at Ross's Farm', the blaze 'leapt across the flowing streams/ And raced o'er pastures broad/ It climbed the trees and lit the boughs/ And through the scrubs it roared. / The bees fell stifled in the smoke/ Or perished in their hives,/ And with the stock the kangaroos/ Went flying for their lives.'' (Introduction)

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