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The Poetry of South Africa

by Alexander WILMOT (1836 - 1924)

Dives Redivivus

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.

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Listen next episodes of The Poetry of South Africa:
In Memoriam , Afric's Greeting , Be Kind to One Another , Before Ulundi , Change , Contentment , Dolly , Epitaph on a Diamond Digger , Ezekiel XLVII. 1-12 , Going Home , Heavenly Friendship , In Memoriam , Lines Written in an Album , Lord! What Is Man That Thou Art Mindful of Him! , Nature , Not Here , Paddy's Love Symptoms , Platteklip Cascade , Precepts for Young and Old , Proverbial Philosophy of Humbug , Revelation XXII , Robert Godlinton , Rorke's Drift , South African Courtship , Storm in Tugela Valley, Natal , The Angel's Message , The Baron's Adventure , The Better Land , The Burghers' Gathering , The Cape of Good Hope , The "Churl" of the Period; and Another , The Defence of Rorke's Drift , The Diamond Digger , The Drunkard's Child , The Erythrina Tree' , The Last Mission of the Sails , The Last of the Bowkers , The Natal Gold Diggings , The Oxford Bible , The Port Elizabeth Pyramid , The Rhyme of the Ox-wagon , The Worn-out Sails , Welcome