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A School Garden single work   poetry   children's   "He is gone from the school, he is taking his rest"
Issue Details: First known date: 1924... 1924 A School Garden
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An ode to the decay of youth through the metaphor of the gum tree which as a seed lies waiting and in spring blossoms with sylvan delight, but is afflicted by age.

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    y separately published work icon The School Paper for Grades VII and VIII no. 291 June 1924 Z1649071 1924 periodical issue children's 1924 pg. 71-72
    Note: With illustration 'Blossoms and Fruit of the Red Flowering Gum' from a painting by Emily H. Pelloe, Melbourne.
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