John Manifold

John Streeter Manifold AM (21 April, 1915 – 19 April, 1985) was an Australian poet and critic. Quotes thumb|No, not the Rhine, the Niger or the Thames sluggish with history and reflected flames is worth a drop of Yarra. No, not the Rhine, the Niger or the ThamesSluggish with history and reflected flamesIs worth a drop of Yarra. Till time endsNothing of Europe holds a hope for me,Nor is the mistral worth the wind that blendsBluegum and cordite with the southern sea. "Heureux Qui Comme Ulysse . . ." Oscar Williams, ed., The War Poets (New York: The John Day Co., 1945), p. 194 One morning in springWe marched from DevizesAll shapes and all sizesLike beads on a string,But yet with a swing We trod the bluemetalAnd full of high fettleWe started to sing. "Fife Tune" (For Sixth Platoon, 308th I.T.C.), st. 1. Selected Verse (New York: The John Day Co., 1946), p. 36 This is not sorrow, this is work: I buildA cairn of words over a silent man,My friend John Learmonth whom the Germans killed. "The Tomb of Lt. John Learmonth, A.I.F.", st. 1. Selected Verse (1946), p. 77 External links Category:1915 births Category:1985 deaths Category:University of Cambridge alumni Category:Poets from Australia Category:Literary critics Category:People from Melbourne Category:People of World War II Category:Members of the Order of Australia