Adam Lindsay Gordon

thumb|Onward onward! must we travel? When will come the goal? Riddle I may not unravel, Cease to vex my soul. Adam Lindsay Gordon (October 19, 1833 – 24 June 1870) was an Australian poet, jockey and politician. Quotes right|thumb|Life is mostly froth and bubble; Two things stand like stone, Kindness in another's trouble, Courage in your own. Onward onward! must we travel?    When will come the goal? Riddle I may not unravel,    Cease to vex my soul. Finis Exoptatus Question not, but live and labour Till yon goal be won, Helping every feeble neighbour,  Seeking help from none; Life is mostly froth and bubble; Two things stand like stone, Kindness in another's trouble, Courage in your own. Finis Exoptatus Variant: Many quoters, including Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (1919), have "in our own" instead of "in your own". He never gave me a chance to speak,  And he call’d her—worse than a dog—The girl stood up with a crimson cheek,  And I fell’d him there like a log.I can feel the blow on my knuckles yet—  He feels it more on his brow.In a thousand years we shall all forget  The things that trouble us now. "After the Quarrel", as anthologised in The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse (1912), p. 507, no. 373 Let me slumber in the hollow where the wattle blossoms wave,  With never stone or rail to fence my bed;Should the sturdy station children pull the bush flowers on my grave,  I may chance to hear them romping overhead. "The Sick Stockrider", in Bush Ballads and Galloping Rhymes (1870) External links Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon (plain text) The Adam Lindsay Gordon Commemorative Committee Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833-1870) Gravesite at Brighton General Cemetery (Vic). Category:Poets from Australia Category:1870 deaths Category:Politicians from Australia Category:1833 births