Overview
About this book
Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon is available in the Project Gutenberg source edition credited to Adam Lindsay Gordon. Catalog subjects include Gordon, Adam Lindsay, 1833-1870; Australia -- Poetry. This edition retains the source text, including any introductory material and notes.
- First published
- Unknown year
- Language
- English
- Editor
- Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke
- Copyright status
- Public domain
- Source edition
- Project Gutenberg ebook #258
English level
B2–C1 · Deep reading
Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon is calibrated from 39,987 sampled words across 52 chapters: sentences average 22.2 words, 39.1% exceed 24 words and 3% of words are nine letters or longer.
Explore the B2–C1 level →Sentence rhythm
What the prose asks
Extended sentences averaging 22.2 words, with 15.5% reaching 40 words or more
Vocabulary
What may slow you down
3% of sampled words contain nine or more letters and about 9.43 marked archaic terms per thousand words; names and period vocabulary still vary by chapter
Reading rhythm
Short commitment
Many short stopping points support flexible sessions. About 8 calm 30-minute sessions.
Suggested approach
Read with momentum
Read in planned sessions and keep short notes on voice, structure and recurring images
Best starting point
Begin with chapter one
The full text is ready with speech, lookup and saved progress.
CEFR-aligned Linden estimate · high confidence · sampled full text · Calibrated 2026-09-08 · Provisional, not an exam certification.
Table of contents
52 chapters
- 011893 Edition2 min
- 02IN MEMORIAM.2 min
- 03PREFACE.7 min
- 04GENERAL CONTENTS.2 min
- 05Podas Okus4 min
- 06Gone2 min
- 07Unshriven2 min
- 08Ye Wearie Wayfarer, hys Ballad In Eight Fyttes.5 min
- 09Borrow'd Plumes2 min
- 10A Legend of Madrid4 min
- 11Fauconshawe6 min
- 12Rippling Water3 min
- 13Cui Bono2 min
- 14Bellona2 min
- 15The Song of the Surf2 min
- 16Whisperings in Wattle-Boughs2 min
- 17Confiteor3 min
- 18Sunlight on the Sea3 min
- 19Delilah2 min
- 20From Lightning and Tempest2 min
- 21Wormwood and Nightshade4 min
- 22Ars Longa2 min
- 23The Last Leap2 min
- 24Quare Fatigasti2 min
- 25HIPPODROMANIA; OR, WHIFFS FROM THE PIPE5 min
- 26The Roll of the Kettledrum; or, The Lay of the Last Charger8 min
- 27BUSH BALLADS & GALLOPING RHYMES3 min
- 28The Sick Stockrider4 min
- 29The Swimmer4 min
- 30From the Wreck5 min
- 31No Name2 min
- 32Wolf and Hound3 min
- 33De Te3 min
- 34How we Beat the Favourite4 min
- 35Fragmentary Scenes from the Road to Avernus9 min
- 36Doubtful Dreams4 min
- 37The Rhyme of Joyous Garde9 min
- 38Thora's Song2 min
- 39The Three Friends3 min
- 40A Song of Autumn2 min
- 41The Romance of Britomarte11 min
- 42Laudamus2 min
- 43A Basket of Flowers2 min
- 44A Fragment2 min
- 45MISCELLANEOUS POEMS3 min
- 46"The Old Leaven"6 min
- 47An Exile's Farewell2 min
- 48"Early Adieux"2 min
- 49A Hunting Song2 min
- 50To a Proud Beauty2 min
- 51Thick-headed Thoughts2 min
- 52ASHTAROTH: A Dramatic Lyric17 min
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Adam Lindsay Gordon: Australian poet, jockey and politician (1833-1870).
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