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y separately published work icon The Oxford Book of Australasian Verse anthology   poetry  
Note: Chosen by Walter Murdoch (t.p.)
Issue Details: First known date: 1918... 1918 The Oxford Book of Australasian Verse
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Oxford University Press , 1950 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Wanderersi"As I rode in the early dawn,", James Hebblethwaite , single work poetry (p. 34-35)
Perditai"The sea-coast of Bohemia", James Hebblethwaite , single work poetry (p. 35-36)
Verselets : 3 : A Song of Roving A Song of Roving A-Rovingi"When the sap runs up the tree,", Victor J. Daley , single work poetry (p. 37-38)
Day and Nighti"Day goeth bold in cloth of gold,", Victor J. Daley , single work poetry (p. 38)
Muses The Muses of Australiai"She plays her harp by hidden rills,", Victor J. Daley , single work poetry (p. 39-41)
Pioneersi"There is no word of thanks to hear,", A. W. Jose , single work poetry war literature (p. 42-43)
The Sum of Thingsi"This is the sum of things... that we", A. W. Jose , single work poetry (p. 44)
An Australian Symphonyi"Not as the songs of other lands", George Essex Evans , single work poetry (p. 45-47)
The Dreamersi"Have courage, O my comradry of dreamers!", Sydney Jephcott , single work poetry (p. 48-49)
"Smooth white paper 'neath the pen;" White Paperi"Snowy-smooth beneath the pen-", Sydney Jephcott , single work poetry (p. 50-51)
Bound for Sourabaya!i"Oh, the moon shines bright, and we sail to-night,", C. H. Souter , single work poetry (p. 53-54)
Clancy of the Overflowi"I had written him a letter which I had, for want of better", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry (p. 54-56)
On Kiley's Runi"The roving breezes come and go", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry (p. 57-60)
A Bushman's Songi"I'm travellin' down the Castlereagh, and I'm a station hand,", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry (p. 61-63)
Waltzing Matilda : Carrying a Swagi"Oh! there once was a swagman camped in the billabong,", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry (p. 63-64)
To M.i"If in the summer of thy bright regard", William Gay , single work poetry (p. 64)
Australia, 1894i"She sits a queen whom none shall dare despoil,", William Gay , single work poetry (p. 64-65)
The Sonnet of Federation Australian Federationi"From all division let our land be free,", William Gay , single work poetry (p. 65)
The Crazy Worldi"The world did say to me,", William Gay , single work poetry (p. 66)
Australiai"What can we give in return", Dowell O'Reilly , single work poetry (p. 67-68)
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