点评:Poet, solicitor, journalist, war correspondent and soldier and widely considered the greatest writers of Australia's colonial period.
"The poet frog, in his plaintive tone,
Sang of a sorrow was all his own;
“How shall I win to my heart’s desire?
How shall I feel my spirit’s fire?”
And the solo frog in his deepest croak,
“To fire your spirit,” he sang, “eat coke,
Coke, eat coke,”
And the chorus followed him: “Coke, coke, coke!"
And whilst he wrote the book, "The Animals Noah Forgot"... as above, that is not what he was famous for. While on holiday in Queensland late in 1895, Paterson stayed with friends at Dagworth station, near Winton. Here he wrote 'Waltzing Matilda' which was to become Australia's best-known folk song.
There is a formalised fence at the front of the park, near the statue of Banjo... and atop the fence is a series of his works on plaques. The park has established trees and formalised gardens and a playground, but mostly it pays homage to this man.
翻译:诗人、律师、记者、战地记者和士兵,被广泛认为是澳大利亚殖民时期最伟大的作家。
“诗人青蛙,用他哀怨的语调,
吟唱着他自己的悲伤;
‘我该如何赢得我内心的渴望?
我该如何感受我灵魂的火焰?’
青蛙独唱,用它最深沉的嘶鸣,
“为了点燃你的精神,”他唱道,“吃可乐,
可乐,吃可乐,”
合唱随之响起:“可乐,可乐,可乐!”
尽管他写了《诺亚忘记的动物》这本书……但这并不是他成名的原因。1895年末,帕特森在昆士兰度假期间,与朋友们住在温顿附近的达格沃思车站。在这里,他创作了后来成为澳大利亚最著名的民歌《华尔兹·玛蒂尔达》。
公园前面,靠近班卓琴雕像的地方有一道正式的围栏……围栏上方是一系列他的作品,挂在牌匾上。公园里有树木、正式的花园和游乐场,但主要是为了向这位老人致敬。