Francis Adams (writer)

thumb| Francis William Lauderdale Adams (27 September 1862 – 4 September 1893) was a British poet, dramatist, novelist and journalist who produced a large volume of work in his short life. Born in Malta to a Scottish father and educated in England, in 1884 he migrated to the colony of New South Wales, which inspired much of his writing. He returned to England in 1890 and died three years later. Quotes Yes, let Art go, if it must beThat with it men must starve —If Music, Painting, PoetrySpring from the wasted hearth.Nay, brothers, sing us battle songsWith clear and ringing rhyme;Nay, show the world its hateful wrongs,And bring the better time! Quoted in Bernard O'Dowd, Poetry Militant: An Australian Plea for the Poetry of Purpose (Melbourne: T. C. Lothian, 1909) External links Category:Essayists from the United Kingdom Category:Poets from the United Kingdom Category:Novelists from the United Kingdom Category:Playwrights from the United Kingdom Category:Short story writers from the United Kingdom Category:Journalists from the United Kingdom Category:Suicides Category:1862 births Category:1893 deaths Category:People from Malta