Which 19th Century poet wrote ‘Clancy of the Overflow’?
Clancy of the Overflow along with the meter. The poem was well-received and raised much curiosity about the identity of "The Banjo". Soon after its publication, Rolf Boldrewood, author of "Robbery Under Arms" (1882), wrote in his literary column for "The Australasian" that "Clancy of the Overflow" was "the best bush ballad since Gordon". Clancy makes a cameo appearance in another popular Banjo Paterson poem, "The Man from Snowy River", which was first published the following year. In 1897, Thomas Gerald Clancy wrote a poem in reply to "Clancy of the Overflow", entitled "Clancy's Reply", which paints a far less romantic picture of the
The Overflow of Clancy was a real poet and contributed to the Bulletin and other Australian newspapers and journals from the 1880s until his death in 1929, in Goulburn, NSW. It is perhaps interesting that Norman Lindsay who illustrated some of Cripps Clark's poems, details when Lawson and Cripps Clark met at the Bulletin office in his "Bohemians of the Bulletin" (1965 book). The Overflow of Clancy The Overflow of Clancy is a poem written by Herbert Humphrey Cripps Clark under the pseudonym "H.H.C.C". It was first published in "The Bulletin" magazine on 20 August 1892 as part of the Bulletin Debate, a series