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When I Was King and Other Verses

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427:, the mother of Henry, although there was also something extra to be found in the current book: "Only a few weeks ago the poems of Henry Lawson's mother were noticed in these columns, and though in them there was more gentleness, better taste, more refinement than are found in the verses of the son, yet there is a similarity, if only in the very human tone pervading them and the strong Australian atmosphere. Henry Lawson has long since earned the right to be heard in both prose and verse; indeed, he is familiar to readers as are many of the verses in this new volume of his; but yet in one way we find a new Lawson, a man who has evidently upon him the spirit of repentance for something done, and a strong desire to make amends. So strong are these evidences, and so directly put, that it is impossible to dissociate them from a personal application." 434:
was less than impressed: "It is to be feared that even the most ardent of Mr. Lawson's admirers will look upon this book of verse as a disappointment. It represents the results of his five years' work since he returned from England in 1900 — years that for various reasons must be considered the
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blackest of his life — and the unevenness of that work is almost painful to contemplate now that we have it in bulk. Only occasionally does he display any gleam — and then only a fleeting one — which bears any promise of better things in the future."
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was published in 1900. The book's publisher, Angus and Robertson, also released the collection in two volumes later the same year, titled
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The original edition consisted of 76 poems, representing work that Lawson had published in the years since his previous major collection,
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noted similarities between this book and a recent volume of poems by
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in 1905, it was reprinted by the same publisher in 1906.
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Following the original publication of this collection by
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In the Days When the World was Wide and Other Verses
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Index

Henry Lawson
English
Angus and Robertson
Henry Lawson
Verses, Popular and Humorous
The Men Who Made Australia
The Never-Never Country
The Wander-Light
A Voice from the City
Andy's Return
Louisa Lawson
Angus & Robertson
1905 in Australian literature
1905 in poetry


Austlit - When I Was King and Other Verses by Henry Lawson
"Literature", The Queenslander, 16 December 1905, p27
"New Books", The Age, 9 December 1905, p6
"When I Was King and Other Verses (1905)"
"When I Was King and Other Verses (1906)"
When I Was King and Other Verses by Henry Lawson
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Henry Lawson
Flag of the Southern Cross
A Song of the Republic
Faces in the Street
Andy's Gone with Cattle

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