Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833-1870)
Poet, was born in the Azores, the son of an officer in the army. He went to Australia, where he had a varied career in connection with horses and riding, his grat passion. He betook himself to the Bush, got into financial trouble, and died by his own hand.
To a great extent, it might be said that he derived his inspiration (as in the Rhyme of Joyous Garden, and Britomarte) from mediæval and English sources, not from his Australian surroundings. Among his books are Sea-spray and Smoke-drift (1867), Bush Ballads (containing The Sick Stock-rider) (1870), Ashtaroth (1867). In many of his poems, e.g. An Exile’s Farewell, and Whispering in the Wattle Boughs, there is a strong vein of sadness and pathos.
From Biographical Dictionary of English Literature - the Everyman Edition of 1910

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