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Dedication: For Barbara
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Georgian House
,Jindyworobak Publications
, 1944 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Beyond the Grass-Tree Spears Inscriptioni"I made my verses of places where I made my fires;", single work poetry (p. 9)
- And the Blacks are Gonei"But this sea will not die, this sea that brims", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Flowering Tea-Treei"I could not sleep, but listened to the sea", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Invocationi"Last night I spoke to you from where I lay", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Immortalityi"Into all sights of lonely grandeur the soul", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Coming with Darknessi"And, looking up, white flowers were outspread", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Climbing the Gullyi"I rest with my hand on the cool bark of a gum,", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Communioni"Listening, I lie and hear the rain come on,", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Morningi"Morning so beautiful that the breathing trees", single work poetry (p. 17)
- I Pitched My Tenti"I pitched my tent alone beneath the stars,", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Marangarooi"Longer than poems that are only in the mind of man,", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Departurei"Beautiful even as Death this rain on the sea,", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Portraiti"I saw her like a poem to-day:", single work poetry (p. 21)
- The Creeki"When other creeks are dry and filled with leaves,", single work poetry (p. 22)
- A Dream of Deathi"I dreamed that you were lying cold and dead:", single work poetry (p. 23)
- Native Orchidi"In this land, that drought and fire lay bare", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Canoblas Mountaini"Ah, you romantic lines of dark pine-trees", single work poetry (p. 25)
- Night of Raini"This night of rain and cold and dripping trees,", single work poetry (p. 26)
- Scrub Countryi"Now many leaves of the saplings shadow me from the moon.", single work poetry (p. 27)
- Satiationi"Often this was my hungering, - so to walk", single work poetry (p. 28)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Contrasts in Poetry
1947
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 8 no. 2 1947; (p. 114-117)
— Review of Not for Fools : A Collection of Pertinent Verse 1941 selected work poetry ; Brief Waters : poems 1945 selected work poetry ; Beyond the Grass-Tree Spears : Verse 1944 selected work poetry ; The Wonder and the Apple : More Poems 1946 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1945
single work
review
— Appears in: Poetry , no. 17 1945; (p. 24-27)
— Review of Beyond the Grass-Tree Spears : Verse 1944 selected work poetry ; In a Convex Mirror : Poems 1944 selected work poetry
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Contrasts in Poetry
1947
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 8 no. 2 1947; (p. 114-117)
— Review of Not for Fools : A Collection of Pertinent Verse 1941 selected work poetry ; Brief Waters : poems 1945 selected work poetry ; Beyond the Grass-Tree Spears : Verse 1944 selected work poetry ; The Wonder and the Apple : More Poems 1946 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1945
single work
review
— Appears in: Poetry , no. 17 1945; (p. 24-27)
— Review of Beyond the Grass-Tree Spears : Verse 1944 selected work poetry ; In a Convex Mirror : Poems 1944 selected work poetry
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