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A Voice from the Bush single work poetry "High noon, and not a cloud in the sky"

Alternative title: Under the Trees

Author:agent Mowbray Morris

Issue Details: First known date: 1871... 1871 A Voice from the Bush

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Authorship has been questioned. An anonymously published poem in the Geoffry Crabthorn literary column of The Register, 'A Voice from the Bush', or 'Under the Trees', was written in the style and manner of thought of Adam Lindsay Gordon. The poem won much acclaim and was believed to be by Gordon. It was included in Marcus Clarke's selection of works of Gordon, but others pointed out that it had been submitted to The Register a year after Gordon's death.

Mowbray Morris (qv), who had been Aide-de-Campe to the Governor at the time of its publication, claimed authorship. See Poems of Adam Lindsay Gordon, ed. Frank Maldon Robb (1912), Appendix IV.

The poem later attracted a response from Banjo Patterson in the form of a sequel, 'A Voice from the Town'.
A Century of Australian Song states author as 'Anonymous'

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y The South Australian Register 26 April 1871 Z1025062 1871 newspaper issue 1871
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1871
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pg. 5
Note: Published under alternative title 'Under the Trees'. It was published a month later in the Australasian, also under the alternative title.
Appears in:

y Temple Bar May 1873 Z1025067 1873 periodical issue 1873
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1873
)
Appears in:

y Poems of the Late Adam Lindsay Gordon Adam Lindsay Gordon , Melbourne : A. H. Massina , 1879 Z1019036 1879 selected work poetry drama Melbourne : A. H. Massina , 1879
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1879
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pg. 6-10
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y Poems of the Late Adam Lindsay Gordon Adam Lindsay Gordon , Melbourne : A. H. Massina , 1879 Z1019036 1879 selected work poetry drama Melbourne : A. H. Massina , 1884
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1884
)
pg. 219-222
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y Australian Ballads and Rhymes : Poems Inspired by Life and Scenery in Australia and New Zealand Douglas Sladen (editor), London : Walter Scott Publishers , 1888 Z178621 1888 anthology poetry London : Walter Scott Publishers , 1888
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1888
)
pg. 1-5
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y A Century of Australian Song Douglas Sladen (editor), London : Walter Scott Publishers , 1888 Z475202 1888 anthology poetry London : Walter Scott Publishers , 1888
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1888
)
pg. 48-52
Note: Author note 'O! mihi praeteritos...'

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The Henry Lawson Memorial and Literary Society [Meeting Report] J. C. Davies , 1932 single work column
— Appears in: All About Books , 15 October vol. 4 no. 10 1932; (p. 166)

Appendix IV : A Voice from the Bush A.F. Maldon Robb , Mowbray Morris , 1912 single work poetry criticism
— Appears in: The Poems of Adam Lindsay Gordon 1912; (p. 361-368)

A. L. Gordon's Poems Henry Halloran , 1880 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 12 October 1880; (p. 7)

A. L Gordon's Poems J. Walter Tyas , 1880 single work
— Appears in: Express and Telegraph , 29 September 1880; (p. 3)

A. L. Gordon's Poems Lavington Glyde , 1880 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Express and Telegraph , 27 September 1880; (p. 2)

Appendix IV : A Voice from the Bush A.F. Maldon Robb , Mowbray Morris , 1912 single work poetry criticism
— Appears in: The Poems of Adam Lindsay Gordon 1912; (p. 361-368)

The Pessimist in Poetry Benjamin Hoare , 1877 single work criticism
— Appears in: Looking Back Gaily 1877; (p. 56-61)

A. L. Gordon's Poems Lavington Glyde , 1880 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Express and Telegraph , 27 September 1880; (p. 2)

A. L Gordon's Poems J. Walter Tyas , 1880 single work
— Appears in: Express and Telegraph , 29 September 1880; (p. 3)

A. L. Gordon's Poems Henry Halloran , 1880 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 12 October 1880; (p. 7)

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