tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post2595501954947047748..comments2024-03-29T09:22:11.200-04:00Comments on Eaton Rapids Joe: Man from Snowy RiverEaton Rapids Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-35683941067835394422014-06-22T11:01:39.727-04:002014-06-22T11:01:39.727-04:00This poem crystallized how Australians saw themsel...This poem crystallized how Australians saw themselves at the turn of the last century, I wonder what snippet of poetry crystallizes how most Americans see themselves, as a group, in 2014.<br /><br />"And one was there, a stripling on a small and weedy beast,<br />He was something like a racehorse undersized,<br />With a touch of Timor pony - three parts thoroughbred at least -<br />And such as are by mountain horsemen prized.<br />He was hard and tough and wiry - just the sort that won't say die -<br />There was courage in his quick impatient tread;<br />And he bore the badge of gameness in his bright and fiery eye,<br />And the proud and lofty carriage of his head."Eaton Rapids Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-82999092570477196192014-06-22T09:03:36.280-04:002014-06-22T09:03:36.280-04:00Good poem, and yes the Aussies DO have class. :-)Good poem, and yes the Aussies DO have class. :-)Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.com