He sometimes wrote his poetry under the name of ‘Glenrowan’ and at other times ‘Swinglebar’ and sometimes just used his initials but no matter what nom de plume he used his work was always of a consistently high standard. Will Ogilvie , born in Scotland but an Australian by choice was popular in the same era as Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson and was a good mate of Breaker Morant.
The Hoofs Of The Horses … Will Ogilvie
The hoofs of the horses! — Oh! witching and sweet
Is the music earth steals from the iron-shod feet;
No whisper of lover, no trilling of bird
Can stir me as hoofs of the horses have stirred.
They spurn disappointment and trample despair,
And drown with their drum-beats the challenge of care;
With scarlet and silk for their banners above,
They are swifter than Fortune and sweeter than Love.
On the wings of the morning they gather and fly,
In the hush of the night-time I hear them go by —
The horses of memory thundering through
With flashing white fetlocks all wet with the dew.
When you lay me to slumber no spot you can choose
But will ring to the rhythm of galloping shoes,
And under the daisies no grave be so deep
But the hoofs of the horses shall sound in my sleep.
Nelle's journey 