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..
), and of numerous friends, sustained Lawson at times, but his health and state of mind continued to decline, and he died of a cerebral haemorrhage on 2 September 1922. He was buried, with a State Funeral, two days later.