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Sonnet of Ebb and Flow single work poetry "I cannot praise the earth, ungirdled, old"

Author:agent Frederick T. Macartney

Issue Details: First known date: 1930... 1930 Sonnet of Ebb and Flow

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First line of verse: "The Earth becomes a slattern, grey and old,"

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y The Bulletin vol. 51 no. 2619 23 April 1930 Z630378 1930 periodical issue 1930
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1930
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pg. 38
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y Hard Light and Other Verses Frederick T. Macartney , Surrey Hills : Galleon Press , 1933 Z1027263 1933 selected work poetry Surrey Hills : Galleon Press , 1933
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1933
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pg. 36
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y Preferences : Poems Frederick T. Macartney , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1941 Z179707 1941 selected work poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1941
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1941
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pg. 95
Note: First line: The earth becomes a slattern, grey and old,
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y Selected Poems of Frederick T. Macartney Frederick T. Macartney , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1961 Z178726 1961 selected work poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1961
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1961
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pg. 6
Note: First line: The earth becomes a slattern, grey and old,

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