Excerpt from When I Was King Sydney Homing Herald He is known wherever the English language is spoken; he is the very god of the idolatry of Australian bushmen; he has written more and is better known than any other Australian Of his age. There is a musical lilt about his verses which makes these dwell in the memory, and there is in them also a revelation of truth and strength. When I Was King con tains work of which many a craftsman in words might well be proud lines that Walt Whitman - a master of rhythm when he liked, and a worshipper of it always - would have been proud to claim as his own. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.