A. D. Hope
Australian poet and essayist (1907-2000)
Alec Derwent Hope (July 21 1907 – July 13 2000) was an Australian poet and essayist known for his satirical slant. He was also a critic, teacher and academic.
Quotes
edit- Adam had learned the jolly deed of kind:
He took her in his arms and there and then
Like the clean beasts, embracing from behind,
Began in joy to found the breed of men.- Imperial Adam (l. 25-28).
- Quaking muscles in the act of birth,
Between her legs a pigmy face appear,
And the first murderer lay upon the earth.- Imperial Adam (l. 42-44).
- And her five cities, like teeming sores,
Each drains her: a vast parasite robber-state
Where second-hand Europeans pullulate
Timidly on the edge of alien shores.- "Australia" (1939)
