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..
Henry Hudson (1565â1611) was an English sea explorer and navigator in the early seventeenth century. His date and place of birth are unknown, but September 12, 1570 is often given, and he is sometimes said to have been born in London.