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  • Author:agent Douglas Stewart http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/stewart-douglas
Issue Details: First known date: 1941... 1941 Sonnets to the Unknown Soldier
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Notes

  • Dedication: For J. C. Walsh

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1941 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Sonnets to the Unknown Soldier : 1i"We did not bury him deep enough; break up the monument,", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry satire war literature (p. 1)
Sonnets to the Unknown Soldier : 2i"A thousand bayonets flashing down Martin Place", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 2)
Sonnets to the Unknown Soldier : 3i"We thought we had buried war with the Unknown Soldier,", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 3)
Sonnets to the Unknown Soldier : 4i"War is a time of decision. Have we not rushed", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 4)
Sonnets to the Unknown Soldier : 5i"Twice in our time the hunger in all men's hearts", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 5)
Sonnets to the Unknown Soldier : 6i"Not one man's war but a nation's: that one man", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 6)
Sonnets to the Unknown Soldier : 7i"Burning Dunkirk was the mouth of hell at midnight", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 7)
Sonnets to the Unknown Soldier : 8i"The fools will tell you we stand on the threshold of light,", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 8)
Sonnets to the Unknown Soldier : 9i"Never fear, soldier, that we shall not reward you,", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 9)
Sonnets to the Unknown Soldier : 10i"Whether they bury him under a slab of granite", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 10)
Sonnets to the Unknown Soldier : 11i"Men of the future for whom we bleed to-day,", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 11)
Men Who Know the Mountainsi"The men who know the mountains, men who have hurled", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 12-17)
The Poplar Comes to My Window The Presencesi"The poplar comes to my window,", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 18)
The Dreaming World : A Sonnet Sequencei"Because the world is asleep and no one can break", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 19-27)
New Zealandersi"Now while the aeroplane hurtles and sings through the night,", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 28-29)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Motif in the Work of Douglas Stewart Robert D. FitzGerald , 1963 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Elements of Poetry 1963; (p. 25-50) Considerations : New Essays on Kenneth Slessor, Judith Wright and Douglas Stewart 1977; (p. 143-168)
A Variety of Verse A. D. Hope , 1942 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , April vol. 3 no. 1 1942; (p. 26-28)

— Review of Country Dance and Other Verse Marceine Ia Dickfos , 1941 selected work poetry ; Sonnets to the Unknown Soldier Douglas Stewart , 1941 selected work poetry ; The Poems of Lesbia Harford Lesbia Harford , 1941 selected work poetry ; Translations (Mostly) Martin Haley , Martin Haley (translator), 1941 selected work poetry
Hope's short, negative review of The Poems of Lesbia Harford states that the collection is "limited in technique and ladylike in tone, casual and artless in method".
Untitled 1941 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 23 April vol. 62 no. 3193 1941; (p. 2)

— Review of Sonnets to the Unknown Soldier Douglas Stewart , 1941 selected work poetry
Untitled Brian Elliott , 1941 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Quarterly , vol. 13 no. 4 1941; (p. 113-115)

— Review of Sonnets to the Unknown Soldier Douglas Stewart , 1941 selected work poetry ; Poems from the Mask Leonard Mann , 1941 selected work poetry
[Untitled] Various Mopoke , 1941 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin Papers , Summer vol. 1 no. 6 1941; (p. 27-30)

— Review of Known and Not Held : Verses Kathleen Dalziel , 1941 selected work poetry ; Cultural Cross-Section 1941 anthology criticism poetry prose ; Poems from the Mask Leonard Mann , 1941 selected work poetry ; The Plumed Voice : Poems Leonard Mann , 1938 selected work poetry ; Country Dance and Other Verse Marceine Ia Dickfos , 1941 selected work poetry ; Sonnets to the Unknown Soldier Douglas Stewart , 1941 selected work poetry ; This is Australia Ian Mudie , 1941 selected work poetry ; The Singing Tree Paula Fitzgerald , 1941 selected work poetry ; Faun Margaret De Visme Gipps , 1941 selected work poetry
[Untitled] Various Mopoke , 1941 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin Papers , Summer vol. 1 no. 6 1941; (p. 27-30)

— Review of Known and Not Held : Verses Kathleen Dalziel , 1941 selected work poetry ; Cultural Cross-Section 1941 anthology criticism poetry prose ; Poems from the Mask Leonard Mann , 1941 selected work poetry ; The Plumed Voice : Poems Leonard Mann , 1938 selected work poetry ; Country Dance and Other Verse Marceine Ia Dickfos , 1941 selected work poetry ; Sonnets to the Unknown Soldier Douglas Stewart , 1941 selected work poetry ; This is Australia Ian Mudie , 1941 selected work poetry ; The Singing Tree Paula Fitzgerald , 1941 selected work poetry ; Faun Margaret De Visme Gipps , 1941 selected work poetry
A Variety of Verse A. D. Hope , 1942 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , April vol. 3 no. 1 1942; (p. 26-28)

— Review of Country Dance and Other Verse Marceine Ia Dickfos , 1941 selected work poetry ; Sonnets to the Unknown Soldier Douglas Stewart , 1941 selected work poetry ; The Poems of Lesbia Harford Lesbia Harford , 1941 selected work poetry ; Translations (Mostly) Martin Haley , Martin Haley (translator), 1941 selected work poetry
Hope's short, negative review of The Poems of Lesbia Harford states that the collection is "limited in technique and ladylike in tone, casual and artless in method".
Untitled Brian Elliott , 1941 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Quarterly , vol. 13 no. 4 1941; (p. 113-115)

— Review of Sonnets to the Unknown Soldier Douglas Stewart , 1941 selected work poetry ; Poems from the Mask Leonard Mann , 1941 selected work poetry
Untitled 1941 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 23 April vol. 62 no. 3193 1941; (p. 2)

— Review of Sonnets to the Unknown Soldier Douglas Stewart , 1941 selected work poetry
Motif in the Work of Douglas Stewart Robert D. FitzGerald , 1963 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Elements of Poetry 1963; (p. 25-50) Considerations : New Essays on Kenneth Slessor, Judith Wright and Douglas Stewart 1977; (p. 143-168)
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