Preface [by Louisa Lawson]

[Editor: This preface by Louisa Lawson was published in “The Lonely Crossing” and Other Poems (1905).]

Preface.

“In putting my house in order” I decided to arrange and publish this unpretentious little collection of verses, some of which were composed before leaving school, and others later on with babe at nurse. Those of widowed years were written for solace when under stress of pain and sorrow. Should they find a place in the hearts of the most humble among my countrywomen I shall feel more than repaid for the trouble and cost of publication.

Louisa Lawson.

Source:
Louisa Lawson, “The Lonely Crossing” and Other Poems, Sydney: Dawn Office, [1905], p. [ix]