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Bernard O'Dowd Quotes (1866-1953)
Poet, Activist
About Bernard O'Dowd
Bernard Patrick O'Dowd (11 April 1866 – 1 September 1953) was an Australian poet, activist, lawyer, and journalist. He worked for the Victorian colonial and state governments for almost 50 years, first as an assistant librarian at the Supreme Court in Melbourne, and later as a parliamentary draughtsman.
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“‘Be true, be brave, be merciful, be free!’”
“This is a rune I ravelled in the still,
Arrogant stare of an Australian cow.”
Arrogant stare of an Australian cow.”
“Ah, Love, the earth is woe’s
And sadly helpers needs:
And, till its burden goes,
Our work is—where it bleeds.”
And sadly helpers needs:
And, till its burden goes,
Our work is—where it bleeds.”
“And our reward? In this wan land,
In clientage of Greed,
Despised, polluted, maimed and banned,
To wander and—to breed.”
In clientage of Greed,
Despised, polluted, maimed and banned,
To wander and—to breed.”
“All that we love in olden lands and lore
Was signal of her coming long ago!
Bacon foresaw her, Campanella, More,
And Plato’s eyes were with her star aglow!”
Was signal of her coming long ago!
Bacon foresaw her, Campanella, More,
And Plato’s eyes were with her star aglow!”
“When, comrades, we thrill to the message of speaker in highway or hall,
The voice of the poet is reaching the silenter poet in all:
And again, as of old, when the flames are to leap up the turrets of Wrong,
Shall the torch of the New Revolution be lit from the words of a Song!”
The voice of the poet is reaching the silenter poet in all:
And again, as of old, when the flames are to leap up the turrets of Wrong,
Shall the torch of the New Revolution be lit from the words of a Song!”
“They teach and live the Golden Rule
Of Young Democracy:—‘That culture, joy and goodliness
Be th’ equal right of all:
That Greed no more shall those oppress
Who by the wayside fall‘That each shall share what all men sow:
That colour, caste’s a lie:
That man is God, however low—
Is man, however high.’”
Of Young Democracy:—‘That culture, joy and goodliness
Be th’ equal right of all:
That Greed no more shall those oppress
Who by the wayside fall‘That each shall share what all men sow:
That colour, caste’s a lie:
That man is God, however low—
Is man, however high.’”
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“This is a rune I ravelled in the still, Arrogant stare of an Australian cow.”
About Bernard O'Dowd
Bernard Patrick O'Dowd (11 April 1866 – 1 September 1953) was an Australian poet, activist, lawyer, and journalist. He worked for the Victorian colonial and state governments for almost 50 years, first as an assistant librarian at the Supreme Court in Melbourne, and later as a parliamentary draughtsman.
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