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Notes
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Epigraph: 'Without edifice or rules or any argument/ The institutions of the dear love of comrades.'
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Dedication: 'To Young Democracy'
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Lothian
, 1909 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Australiai"Last sea-thing dredged by sailor Time from Space,", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Dawnward? : Untitledi"That reddish veil which o'er the face", single work poetry (p. 11-14)
- Dawnward? : The Campfires of the Losti"Who will may see, on plains around,", single work poetry (p. 15 - 17)
- Prosperity Dawnward? : Prosperityi"Enlaced with gardened jewellery", single work poetry (p. 18-19)
- Dawnward? : Hatei"I scour the present and the past", single work poetry (p. 20 - 21)
- Dawnward? : Cupidi"To get recruits for Pain, I use", single work poetry (p. 22 - 23)
- Dawnward? : Proletariai"The sunny rounds of Earth contain", single work poetry (p. 24 - 27)
- Dawnward? : A Poet of the Momenti"Criterion of better, worse", single work poetry (p. 28-31)
- Dawnward? : The Cityi"The City crowds our motley broods,", single work poetry (p. 32 - 35)
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Dawnward? : The Pressi"I syllable the thoughts of those",
single work
poetry
(p. 36 - 38)
Note: Has two extra verses at the beginning
- Dawnward? : Young Democracyi"Hark! Young Democracy from sleep", single work poetry (p. 39 - 42)
- Dawnward? : A Keynotei"Evading Loves that beckon me", single work poetry (p. 43 - 47)
- Song of the Old Sun-Diali"I sing no nitric lays of truth,", single work poetry (p. 48 - 49)
- Compromisei"I pencil glaring wings of Right", single work poetry (p. 50)
- God in Historyi"When Egypt's secret science solved", single work poetry (p. 51 - 53)
- The Seed Timei"Although our satraps can o'erflow", single work poetry (p. 54 - 55)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Politics and Poetics: Bernard O'Dowd's "Dawnward?" and Nineteenth-Century Chartist Poetry
1993
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Southerly , June vol. 53 no. 2 1993; (p. 13-33) - y The Poet Militant : Bernard O'Dowd New York (City) : Twayne , 1968 Z1555778 1968 single work biography criticism
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The Uncollected Poems of Bernard O'Dowd : (With Special Reference to the "Fugutive" Poems)
1953
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 14 no. 2 1953; (p. 110-124) -
Bernard O'Dowd's Early Writing
1949
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 8 no. 4 1949; (p. 233-239) -
Young Democracy : The Early Verse of Bernard O'Dowd
1947
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Singing to the Cattle and Other Australian Essays 1947; (p. 155-174)
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Bernard O'Dowd
1931
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Brisbane Courier , 12 September 1931; (p. 12) -
Bernard O'Dowd's Early Writing
1949
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 8 no. 4 1949; (p. 233-239) -
The Uncollected Poems of Bernard O'Dowd : (With Special Reference to the "Fugutive" Poems)
1953
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 14 no. 2 1953; (p. 110-124) -
Young Democracy : The Early Verse of Bernard O'Dowd
1947
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Singing to the Cattle and Other Australian Essays 1947; (p. 155-174) - y The Poet Militant : Bernard O'Dowd New York (City) : Twayne , 1968 Z1555778 1968 single work biography criticism
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