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Notes
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Epigraph: The secrets of the South and of the Snow.
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Epigraph: ..... our life's star hath had elsewhere its setting, And cometh from afar. - Wordworth
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Epigraph: I bring this deathless Soul a Scarifice to the dim Moloch of the Infinite. - Francis Adams
Contents
* Contents derived from the
London,
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England,c
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United Kingdom (UK),c
Western Europe,
Europe,:William Reeves
, 1892 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.- To Olive Schreineri"My winged soul flies to they mouth,", single work poetry (p. 1-4)
- England Imperatrixi"As for ever thy true waves bring thee", single work poetry (p. 4-6)
- A Southern Swan-Songi"Overhead all the stars are shaken,", single work poetry (p. 7-10)
- A Phasmai"One ev'ning through the hasteful crowd", single work poetry (p. 10-11)
- A House on the Upper Murrayi"It looks along the river,", single work poetry (p. 12-14)
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Lost in Life's Minei"Lost in life's deep-mazed mine that never",
single work
poetry
(p. 14)
Note: With the title "Lost".
- With the West Windi"Pouring down the sombre-sounding steep,", single work poetry (p. 15-19)
- Night's Songi"She walks with heaven of stars above her,", single work poetry (p. 20-21)
- Memory of Intuition?i"In winter-time, when the hoary embers", single work poetry (p. 21)
- The Modern Musesi"Have done, have done with your careless chanting;", single work poetry (p. 21-22)
- Mountain Mindsi"The mountain minds that made our desert life", single work poetry (p. 22-23)
- A Canticlei"O sweetly shapen human form!", single work poetry (p. 23-24)
- Dream-Deathi"Afloat down the midnight river", single work poetry (p. 24-25)
- Under Grey Skiesi"Far, far below a smoke-film softly stealing", single work poetry (p. 25-26)
- In the Morningi"What? Heart-hawk, foiled in your first fierce plunge,", single work poetry (p. 27)
- In Melbourne Cemeteryi"A little time", single work poetry (p. 27-29)
- Splittingi"Out from the hut at break of day,", single work poetry (p. 29-31)
- "Smooth white paper 'neath the pen;" White Paperi"Snowy-smooth beneath the pen-", single work poetry (p. 31-34)
- The Phoenix Deathi"Love blazed not out in by-gone story", single work poetry (p. 35)
- Love Him or Leave Him Alonei"Far in the centre of space,", single work poetry (p. 35-37)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Sydney Jephcott
1896
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 7 November vol. 17 no. 873 1896; (p. 2)
— Review of The Secrets of the South : Australian Poems 1892 selected work poetry -
A New Poet
1892
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Quarterly Magazine , December 1892; (p. 344-346)
— Review of The Secrets of the South : Australian Poems 1892 selected work poetry
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A New Poet
1892
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Quarterly Magazine , December 1892; (p. 344-346)
— Review of The Secrets of the South : Australian Poems 1892 selected work poetry -
Sydney Jephcott
1896
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 7 November vol. 17 no. 873 1896; (p. 2)
— Review of The Secrets of the South : Australian Poems 1892 selected work poetry
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