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When First the Land Was Ours single work poetry "When first the land was ours we thought"

Author:agent Bruce Dawe

Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 When First the Land Was Ours

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Dedication: For Brian Roberts
Epigraph: The earth does not belong to man; man belongs to the earth. Chief Seattle (1854)

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Translator: Manfred Jurgensen

Alternative title: When First the Land Was Ours = Am Anfang, als das Land noch uns gehörte
First line of verse: "When first the land was ours we thought = Am Anfang, als das Land noch uns gehörte, dachten wir,"

Language: English , German

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English and German texts on facing pages.

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y 'Hier und anderswo' / 'Here and Elsewhere' : Ausgewahlte Gedichte / Selected Poems Bruce Dawe , Manfred Jurgensen (translator), Berne : Peter Lang , 2003 Z1071926 2003 selected work poetry Berne : Peter Lang , 2003
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pg. 192-197

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