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Issue Details: First known date: 1944... 1944 Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Viking Press , 1944 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Nice View of the Seai"Now I am at last come home", Janet Beaton , single work poetry (p. 5)
Obsessioni"Why do I love your hair, my lover, my own?", Janet Beaton , single work poetry (p. 6)
Streetsi"I have forgotten you,", Janet Beaton , single work poetry (p. 7-8)
Oh How Greatly I Love Youi"If it were Christ on the Cross, and Him crucified,", Janet Beaton , single work poetry (p. 9)
Waiting in the Streeti"You're late again to-day;", Janet Beaton , single work poetry (p. 10-11)
Fuit Iliumi"The old man talking, sitting in the sun:", Janet Beaton , single work poetry (p. 12)
Don Juan de Nos Joursi"Who are these sad lovely ladies,", Janet Beaton , single work poetry (p. 13)
The Funeral March of Don Juani"Juan, Juan is dead.", Janet Beaton , single work poetry (p. 14)
The Defeated Optimisti"I have put love to rout,", Janet Beaton , single work poetry (p. 15)
In Praise of the Aldermen of Manly : And Their Fine Display of Rocketsi"When as on high the Manly Council sends", Janet Beaton , single work poetry (p. 16)
Why Girls Go Wrongi"I had a lover once:", Janet Beaton , single work poetry (p. 17)
The Black Swansi"I think that Beardsley invented you, strange birds,", Janet Beaton , single work poetry (p. 18)
Vale Carnei"Man's life is a tale that's told.", Janet Beaton , single work poetry (p. 19)
The Aspen Trees in Autumni"The withered leaves that the wind blows out of the aspen tree", Janet Beaton , single work poetry (p. 20)
Hulksi"Here in this quiet bay the old ships lie,", Janet Beaton , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
Menin Roadi""Menin Road-The Bloody Track, they call it."", Janet Beaton , single work poetry war literature (p. 24)
Dialogue Between an Aged Non-Combatant and a Young Soldieri""Of couse, the war is rather passe now," he said.", Janet Beaton , single work poetry war literature (p. 25)
Poison Gasi"It floats across from their front trench to ours,", Janet Beaton , single work poetry war literature (p. 26)
The Blind Soldieri"There was a blinded soldier", Janet Beaton , single work poetry war literature (p. 27)
Souvenir de la Guerrei"I killed a German", Janet Beaton , single work poetry war literature (p. 28)
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