AustLit
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.
Latest Issues
Notes
-
Dedication: To the memory of M.E.W. this book is dedicated.
-
Author's note: Most of these poems have been printed privately, with a very limited circulation, or in Australian papers. "Australia : 1913" and "Australia : 1917" were published in the Sydney Morning Herald. A few have never been printed before.
-
Introduction by Sir Herbert Warren K.C.V.O., D.C.L. Professor of Poetry, Oxford University.
-
The book is divided into three sections: Nature, Man and God.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
London,
c
England,c
c
United Kingdom (UK),c
Western Europe,
Europe,:Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
, 1919 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.- The Visioni"From the Barrier steep where the breakers leap,", single work poetry (p. 11-14)
- Nighti"Sleep the mountains wrapped in purple", single work poetry (p. 15 - 17)
- Sea Sleepi"Still sleeps the sea, criss-crossed with seams,", single work poetry (p. 18 - 19)
- Things that are Seeni"Weary was I of the work's fret,", single work poetry (p. 20 - 22)
- Sunseti"Across the moor the darkling shadows fall", single work poetry (p. 23)
- At Nighti"The moon, a slender crescent, burnished from afar", single work poetry (p. 24)
- The Seai"Thou might ocean, where we pass upborne", single work poetry (p. 25 - 6)
- Nooni"The brown earth shrinks in a voiceless swoon", single work poetry (p. 27 - 8)
- The Blue Mountainsi"O silent calm of God, that o'er the eternal hills", single work poetry (p. 29 - 31)
- The Wanderersi"Far adown the ages", single work poetry (p. 32 - 6)
- Gairlochi"Friends who have your Paradise", single work poetry (p. 37 - 40)
- By the Riveri"With weary wings flying,", single work poetry (p. 41 - 2)
- Australia: 1913i"O land of the good grass plains,", single work poetry (p. 45 - 8)
- Australia: 1917i"Across the equator's calm,", single work poetry (p. 49 - 51)
- Australia: 1918i"Great Southern land, whose sons at duty's call", single work poetry (p. 52)
- A Woman's Calli"O brother, will you go for me,", single work poetry (p. 53)
- A Prayer for Christendomi"With anguish torn, by shame o'erborne,", single work poetry (p. 54)
- 1918i"We are but human if sometimes we fear", single work poetry (p. 55)
- Holy Week: 1918i"To this the world has come. This holy week,", single work poetry (p. 56)
- Belgiumi"And so, amid the crash of giant shells", single work poetry (p. 57)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Last amended 18 Mar 2009 12:46:59
Export this record
