Poetry of South Africa

by Alexander Wilmot

118 chapters7h 6mEnglish1887

About this book

Alexander Wilmot was a Cape Town politician and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He is the author of the History of the Zulu War 1879. Here he collects poetry from various sources in the Cape Colony, Natal, and the Transvaal. Summary by Larry Wilson.

Chapters (117)

1The Emigrants.

249

2The Bechuana Boy

374

3Afar in the Desert.

414

4Evening Rambles

518

5The Lion Hunt

231

6The Lion and the Giraffe

139

7The Desolate Valley

291

8The Coranna

9Song of the Wild Bushman

107

10The Captive of Camal

262

11The Brown Hunter's Song

12The Bushman

13The Cape of Storms

14The Hottentot

15The Caffer

16The Ghona Widow's Lullaby

199

17The Kosa

171

18Makanna's Gathering

147

19The Incantation

147

20The Caffer Commando

113

21The Rock of Reconcilement

154

22The Forester of the Neutral Ground

325

23The Emigrant's Cabin at the Cape

596

24The Volunteers of England

190

25The Dear Old Land

288

26The Funeral in the Abbey

853

27A Farewell to English Friends

115

28A Missionary's Last Farewell to England

643

29A Reminiscence of 1820

287

30Past and Present

175

31A South African Wilderness

203

32A Sunrise Thought at "Cove Rock"

131

33An Ocean Sunset

109

34A Sight from the Shore

35The Thunderstorm at Bathurst

251

36A Morning Wish for a Friend

136

37A Night Thought

38The Little Shell at Cove Rock

162

39A Tribute of Sympathy to the Defenders of Glen Lynden

173

40The Colours of the First 24th

460

41Our Boys

166

42In the Drought Lands of South Africa

169

43The Landing of the British Settlers of 1820

718

44In The Country of Mankoraan

45Drink

258

46South Africa Rediviva

140

47The Beautful Island of Dreams

125

48Cape of Good Hope

187

49Good Hope

118

50Ode

136

51After a Storm

52Ammap and Griet

181

53Sonnets of the Cape

143

54The Faded Photograph

219

55Eveleen

140

56Farewell to Madeira

197

57Farewell to Fifty-five

289

58Lead, Kindly Light

133

59Should It Be According to Thy Mind

163

60To Graaff Reinet

61Hymn

62The Lament

137

63My "Salted" Steed

64A Romance from the Fields

200

65The Flight of the Amakosa

686

66An Idyl of a Prince

1008

67A Christmas Apparition

590

68Freedom's Home

181

69The Gallant "Teuton"

162

70The Sunny Hills of Africa

71The Southern Cross

151

72Hon. William Porter, C.M.G

258

73Ode on the British Settlers' Year of Jubilee

435

74Dives Redivivus

120

75The Burghers' Gathering

160

76Storm in Tugela Valley, Natal

77The Natal Gold Diggings

153

78Nature

1088

79Contentment

131

80Not Here

81Revelation XXII

148

82Ezekiel XLVII. 1-12

117

83Change

130

84Heavenly Friendship

85Lines Written in an Album

86The Defence of Rorke's Drift

697

87Rorke's Drift

220

88Before Ulundi

110

89The Baron's Adventure

129

90South African Courtship

271

91The Better Land

142

92Dolly

138

93Going Home

127

94The Oxford Bible

95The Last Mission of the Sails

96The Worn-out Sails

109

97In Memoriam

120

98Epitaph on a Diamond Digger

99Afric's Greeting

147

100Robert Godlinton

117

101The Diamond Digger

195

102The Last of the Bowkers

179

103The Drunkard's Child

320

104The Angel's Message

344

105The "Churl" of the Period; and Another

339

106Welcome

158

107Precepts for Young and Old

213

108Be Kind to One Another

108

109Paddy's Love Symptoms

116

110Proverbial Philosophy of Humbug

236

111Platteklip Cascade

102

112The Port Elizabeth Pyramid

291

113In Memoriam

114Lord! What Is Man That Thou Art Mindful of Him!

105

115The Rhyme of the Ox-wagon

238

116The Cape of Good Hope

121

117The Erythrina Tree'

223

Poetry of South Africa

About this book

Chapters (117)

Comments