In English literature, an elegy is a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.
Henry Lawson was born on June 17, 1867, in Grenfell, Australia. He wrote short stories and ballad-like poems, illuminating the lives of rural, working Australians. Lawson is often called Australia's greatest writer..
Steven F. Lawson. Steven Fred Lawson (born June 14, 1945) is a noted historian of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Born in the Bronx, New York, he is the son of Ceil Parker Lawson, a housewife, and Murray Lawson, a retail hardware clerk. He had a sister, Lona Lawson Mirchin, who died in 2004.