Lesbia Harford
Who is Lesbia Harford
Lesbia Harford (9 April 1891 – 5 July 1927) was an Australian poet, novelist and political activist.
Biography
Lesbia Venner Keogh was the first child of Edmund Joseph Keogh and Beatrice Eleanor Moore, great-great-granddaughter of an Earl of Drogheda. She was born at Brighton, Victoria, on 9 April 1891. From 1893 to 1900, the family lived at "Wangrabel", 6 Horsburgh Grove, Armadale (the house still stands today). Her father left home for Western Australia when his real estate business failed about 1900. She and her three siblings were raised by their mother, who took genteel jobs, begged handouts from Keogh relations and took in boarders. Harford was educated at the Sacré Cœur School at "Clifton", Malvern, Victoria; Mary's Mount school at Ballarat, Victoria; an...
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Lesbia Harford Poems
- Green And Blue
Green and blue
First-named of colours believe these two.
They first of colours by men were seen
This grass colour, tree colour,
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- God Speaks
I made a heaven for you filled with stars,
Each star a song
Meant to give happy music to your ear,
Day and night long.
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- The Tyrant
When I was a child,
I felt the fairies' power.
Of a sudden my dry life
Would burst into flower.
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- Lawstudent And Coach
Each day I sit in an ill-lighted room
To teach a boy;
For one hour by the clock great words and dreams
Are our employ.
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- A Meaning Learnt
I'm not his wife. I am his paramour:
His wayside love, picked up in journeying:
Rose of the hedgerows; fragrant, till he fling
Me down beside the ditch, a drooped thing
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Comments about Lesbia Harford
- Waepnwifestre: how was there a poet called lesbia harford who wrote about women? like can it get more obvious
- Shawjonathan: australian women writers: lesbia harford
- Madxjanuary: by lesbia harford
- Vicwomenlawyers: join us for our biennial lesbia harford oration this thursday, 8 september 2022! this year's orator antoinette lattouf will explore intersectional feminism, and its impact in the workplace.
tickets are available on the vwl website:
- Historicallyrly: ep 18: jared covered the australian poet and activist, lesbia harford! listen to episode 18 here:
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