The Poetry of South Africa: Collected and Arranged (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from The Poetry of South Africa: Collected and Arranged

T hey may talk of quick going by mail or by rail What matters? Our wagon creeps on like a snail What to her is the steam-engine's whistle and din? We have time all before, and the prog' all within The snows of Kathlamba our progress can't stay; We mount to its summit, and travel away.

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Excerpt from The Poetry of South Africa: Collected and Arranged

This collection of verse has been made from various sources in the Cape Colony, Natal, and the Transvaal, and it is a matter of regret that many pieces of interest have been omitted owing to the difficulty of obtaining copies. Also as most colonists in South Africa understand the Dutch language "as spoken there," it could be wished that certain well-known productions in the "Boerentaal" could have been preserved in these pages. Some of the inimitable "versions" of Reitz, - for instance, his rendering of "Tam o'Shanter" and "The Maid of Athens," and some others which have appeared from time to time, we believe, in one of the Cape journals, ought not to be forgotten.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.